Answer:
DRAG:
1. It had stopped beating
2. ,but I cannot account for it
(I have since been inducted to come to the opinion that it must have been there all the time, and must have been beating)
Personally I would go for answer 2, but I am not completely sure
Answer: 2. You have to be cruel to be kind because the statement counter acts itself (aka how can being cruel be being kind)
Explanation: