How do I take back a movie spoiler that was only a confident guess?
Funny'Well, that ruins it,' my friend said, reaching for the remote.
Ten minutes into a mystery film, I had announced that the lift operator was the missing man's twin. I sounded certain. I wasn't. I'd seen two similar hats on the poster and invented a theory before we pressed play.
I meant to say, 'I bet he's the twin.' Instead I said, 'That's his twin,' and then enjoyed everyone looking impressed for half a second. My friend thinks I've seen the film and let the ending slip. She wants to switch to something else.
We paused before finding out whether my guess was even possible. I said, 'It's more complicated than that,' which added a second layer of imaginary knowledge. How do I undo this without offering another theory that might also turn out to be a spoiler?