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During a charity garden party, Kai intends to kill his rival by shooting him with a bow and arrow. He purchases a hunting bow and three arrows, hides behind a hedge along the route, and when his rival approaches, he nocks an arrow and takes aim at his back; a security guard spots him and wrestles him away before he can release the arrow; the rival is unharmed. (a) Under the Subjective Phase and Objective Phase framework, has Kai begun to commit the crime or merely prepared to commit it? (b) Is Kai liable for attempted murder? State the controlling doctrine and apply it to the facts.