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[yueshen]

[ if you only knew ]

Mm. Even if you were to ask him, there is a good chance that he would lie. The only way to get him to speak truths is to trick him - as you saw today.

[ a little huff - he smiles, wanly, up at van zieks ] I apologize, that I had to make such a show of things, today.

[winebar]

... There is no need for apologies. If you hadn't done what you did, I cannot say for sure whether we would have seen the proper outcome.

[As much as his permanent frown would suggest irritation, he sounds sincere.]

[yueshen]

I thought the more showy I was about it, the angrier it would make him, so I had to be a bit dramatic.

[ there's a beat. he huffs a little bit of a laugh, rubbing at his nose. ]

Truth be told, I don't even know who Crimson Rain Sought Flower is. He just went on and on about how weak this other ghost king was compared to him, so I thought it might be a sore spot, and I was right.

[winebar]

It was a risky gambit, but it cannot be said that it did not pay off. For a mere novice in the courtroom, you did well.

[He even did a legjection!]

[yueshen]

[ oh... praise. he smiles, and bows his head. very genuinely: ]

Thank you, Mr. Van Zieks. I took a page out of your book, for certain. Is this what you do at home...?

[winebar]

.....
[Frowns!]

Yes and no.

[yueshen]

[ he tilts his head???? ]

How so?

[winebar]

Calling that sham of a trial the same as what I do in my work at home would be an insult to her majesty's courts.

[yueshen]

Oh. That is true...

[ not that xie lian has ever attended a trial, before today, but it was rather... slapdash. ]

...Even still, I think that we did the best that we could, with what we had. I think that the people who are above the Watchers, whomever they may be, must be quite inflexible.

[winebar]

Oh, yes, let me be clear. I think as a group people performed, generally, as well as could be expected. I take issue with the powers that set the parameters.

[yueshen]

[ that gets a little laugh. ]

I think we would all agree with that. Even still, do you think they will listen to your woes about it...? Or perhaps - we should simply ignore them, and do the best with what we have? Your skills would surely be useful in organizing things a little more.