Midrash for Makkot 18:16

ומוסרין להן שני ת"ח שמא יהרגנו בדרך וידברו אליו רבי מאיר אומר (אף) הוא מדבר ע"י עצמו שנאמר (דברים יט, ד) וזה דבר הרוצח

They handed them [the manslayer] over to two students of the Sages lest the [blood avenger] kill him on the road, and they spoke with him [the blood avenger]. Rabbi Meir says: 'He [the manslayer] could (even) speak for himself, as it is said: "And this is the word of the murderer" (Deuteronomy 19:4).'

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