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Where are we?

This is not the way to the spaceport. Where are we going?

Answer me!

Don't worry, Syl.

We'll soon be there.

I hope so.

There's no place like my slushy, swampy home.

Welcome back, Envoy Sill.

Before we return to this pre-trial hearing, I would like to place on record

the Court's appreciation of Guards Monk and Peterson for their

exemplary actions in this matter, and their retrieval of monies

used as a bribe to facilitate the escape of Envoy Zill.

The million credits will be donated into finding an antidote to the drug

known as Devil's Seed. That is

UNF money! You cannot confiscate, steal

or pollute without dire repercussions. I have the power

to so order.

Before we proceed further, Your Honour, may I suggest we save this hearing a

great deal of time by accepting the accused has proven his guilt by the

failed attempt to manufacture an escape?

No, we will proceed.

There are other matters of concern yet to be uncovered.

I wish to know how the drug was obtained?

Distributed. And who financed the operation?

Madam Adjudicator, may I

make a humble request? What is it?

A recess to allow me to bring in a lawyer from

Thoros Beta.

A delaying tactic?

It will take days.

Madam. I will allow the request.

In matters as serious as this, there must be no grounds for appeal.

You may summon your lawyer.

What filth they give me!

Regenerated sea snakes!

But more can go as well!

Better get it down!

What I would give for a jar!

of Marsh.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

Is this a trick of the prosecution?

I sent a request for legal representation to Thoros Vita.

Not for some ancient primate, but the finest mind on

my whole planet.

Lord Kiv, did he send you?

Did you consult with him?

No need for that. Why not?

Because I am Lord Kith.

What?

You? How can you be?

Think, Syl.

Do I not suffer constant brain expansion?

Do we not search for suitable souls to host my mind and spirit?

This is a trick.

I, Lord Kiv, would not choose such an unworthy receptacle for his mighty

essence. You're an imposter.

Guard! Be quiet.

Obey your betters.

I am Lord Kiv.

Grant me the respect I deserve. I will grant you respect if...

You can prove to me that you, the Magnificent One, reside within this

unworthy receptacle.

You try my patience, Syl.

Allow me to ask questions.

If you mind.

The music you hear, what is it named?

The national anthem of our home planet, composed by Maestro Ung in the third

epoch of monetary expansion.

And what is the name of the scientist that first

transplanted your brain into that revoltingly ugly female human host?

That would be Crozier, would it not?

Oh, my Lord Kiv, is it really

you occupying this aged, primitive human

body? It is.

Oh, magnificent.

Oh,

Lord Kiv, forgive me, but how is it?

You came to inhabit such an unworthy carcass.

Adam Carter was a corrupt legal advisor selling UMF secrets to

China Corp.

The discovery of his treachery coincided with a cerebral crisis of my own.

Cordelia Crozier acted swiftly.

When I woke up, the body of Adam Carter was my latest host.

Oh, Margot, be praised.

Yes, but since my transfer into the mind of the lawyer, I find myself

dwelling on points of law, studying legal advice, wondering how it would be

to fight for a client whose guilt seems indisputable.

My lord, does that mean...

You would defend me against the charges against me?

I must decline that temptation.

Sill, your case is a hopeless one.

The UMF will be imprecated as further details of your importation of Devil

Siege become apparent.

Then why are you here if not to save me?

Envoy Sill, I am here...

to suggest that for the sake of the company, it is time for you to make the

ultimate sacrifice.

Oh, anything.

Anything.

Huh?

Huh? Sacrifice?

What sacrifice?

Confess you acted alone.

My Lord Kif, the oomph sanctioned my actions.

If I am guilty, so are you.

What is that?

Comadol. Our pharmaceutical division assure me that after you take it, you

will fall into a pleasant, if somewhat endless, sleep.

No, my lord. The best thing about sleep is when I wake up.

and realize that I am once more in the glorious company of myself.

I will record your confession.

I will ensure that your sacrifice will be noted in the minutes of the next UMF

High Council meeting.

Oh, Magnificence, I must decline that honor.

You cannot do away with someone as precious as myself.

There must be another way.

I am innocent.

I was duped.

I will confess to that.

Another envoy of yours, Mistress Naa, involved

me in her schemes.

When it went wrong, she disappeared, leaving me to take

all the blame.

Mistress Naa.

What of her?

She used her wiles, her beauty, to tempt me.

I was blinded by the hope that one day we might hatch eggs

together.

We have suspected Mistress Naa of being a double agent in the pay of

China Corp.

If we are to save you and protect the reputation of the UMF,

if I am to represent you in court, you must tell me how this whole

Saurius saga first began.

Well... Well...

Mistress Naa!

She told me a wonder drug was being harvested on Arador.

This hearing has no right of jurisdiction over an innocent envoy of

the UMF.

My client must be released and returned to his home swamp immediately.

Two points of disagreement, Councillor.

Sill is neither innocent, nor is he outside our jurisdiction.

When Envoy Sill began importation of what was supposed to be a beneficial

drug, he applied for, and was granted, Eurozone citizenship.

Ah!

Did I?

I really don't remember.

You have evidence of this.

Of course.

Yes, I remember now, my lord. That is,

my esteemed lawyer, my becoming a citizen was to allow me to

claim profitable trade concessions for the benefit of the UMF.

You used your import license as a cover for illegal activity.

What evidence do you have to make such an assertion?

Witnesses to prove the evil brought about by your client.

Evil for which he must suffer the ultimate sanction.

Are we to have the names of these witnesses?

In due course.

Your Honor, I must protest.

We are discussing a threat to Sill's life.

We must have details of what evidence the prosecution intends to produce.

Mr Carter, these proceedings are to satisfy me as to the bona

fides of this case.

Should the matter be referred to the High Court of the Eurozone, you can then

employ your legal niceties to...

throwing constant objections to influence a jury.

There is no jury here.

I am the sole judge of whether there is sufficient evidence to support your

client's guilt or innocence.

She's already decided I'm guilty.

If you're not guilty, why did you try to escape?

Because I fear injustice will be done unto me.

Can you not stop them persecuting me with their slurs and false accusations?

Tell them who we represent and how we can shut off their finances at a single

stroke. He refers to the Universal Monetary Fund, no doubt.

Envoy Sill still is.

An employee of that body. I am here to protect both him and the principles of

the fund itself.

Principles?

Their only principle is profit.

Neither Thiel nor the UMF care how they obtain their pound of flesh.

Pound of what?

What am I now?

A butcher?

A butcher of young lives.

Listen to me, Larnier.

I have taken your insults so far, but consider real as

who you are dealing with.

The UMF shore up your economy, and should they demand payment

of the Eurozone debt, your bellies will be as

empty as your charges against me.

Are you threatening that consequence?

Madam Adjudicator, my client is upset and hurt.

He's been treated in such a fashion as to doubt his integrity and motives.

Sill believes, and I concur, that you are preparing the way for

a show trial in order to discredit the UMF so as to

provide an excuse.

to renege on repayments of money's due.

That is pure fantasy, Mr Carter.

We'll see about fantasy when your whole continent is swamped

by the rising sea because you have persecuted my innocence and offended

the UNF.

Innocence?

Innocence?

Do you know...

What misery you have brought to our youth.

The cruel destruction of our children's future.

Some slight distress.

No more than that.

Let us test the truth of that statement.

Your Honour, I beg leave to call a witness to demonstrate the effects of

this illicit substance known as Devilseed.

I would like to call Pierce Larnier.

Proceed.

Larnier?

Is this witness related to you?

He is my only son.

This is unacceptable.

Madam Adjudicator, this will be the very epitome of a biased witness. You must

disallow his appearance.

Why are his arms being restrained?

Pierce is subject to episodes of disorientation as a consequence of his

exposure to the Devil Seeds of Aridham.

Let the witness be seated.

Guards, please allow the witness some space.

Proceed.

This is what your devil seeds have done to what was once a bright, happy youth.

Nothing to do with me!

Everything to do with you, Syl.

Syl?

Easy, Pierce.

This'll only take a little while.

You cannot allow this!

A son!

They could have rehearsed this charade to sway your judgment!

My judgment?

is not so easily swayed, Mr Carter.

Piers, when did you first come into contact with Devil Seed?

Piers, answer the question, please.

What's the point of this?

Let us get on with the clearing of my good name!

This boy was bright, intelligent, a leader of his class

at school, about to be accepted into the higher echelons of prolonged education.

Look at him now.

Because of the poison sold by Sill, he's nothing but a shell of what he

once was.

I repeat.

I still am not responsible for creating this

disgusting specimen of human being.

The devil seeds are insidious. They were called angel seeds when they first

appeared, but quickly the initial effects of their empowerment faded,

leaving a burnt-out husk.

of those users whose very life force have been stolen from them.

Do you know, Syl, that gangs of addicts will kill?

Seek to drink the blood of other users in order to obtain the poison your

agents have sold to them at ever-increasing prices?

Has this creature been slain?

I pray that he has.

He deserves complete camp and books for attacking my person.

He'll recover soon enough. Take him away.

See that he is treated and restraints applied.

episode has terrified my client.

I demand an apology from the prosecutor.

I will not apologize.

There are thousands in the same state as my son, all thanks to you, Syl.

You are not a woman of reason.

You are a... Your Honor, might I suggest the youth suffers mental

illness? not because of anything Syl has done, but because of inheriting his

mother's instability of mind. Such a pathetic accusation.

Madam Adjudicator, may I ask for a recess so as to ensure the care and

safety of my son?

May I ask for a longer period of time to allow me

to recover from having my precious person attacked?

We will adjourn for the day.

When you return, Councillor Larnier, I will expect a conventional

presentation of your next piece of evidence.

Dismiss.

Madam Adjudicator, I wish to apologise for the disruption of these proceedings

yesterday and to offer an explanation for my son's behaviour.

Proceed.

Syl was recognised by my son.

Not only by his name, but by this.

What is that?

Wrappings of Laurie's lunch?

It's clearly a representation of you, Syl.

Impossible!

It's nothing but a concoction of false evidence!

When the seeds first appeared, they were thought by Syl to be beneficial.

Always seeking publicity for himself, he allowed his image to be printed on the

packaging of the drug.

When the true effects became apparent, Syl was seen no more.

My son recognised Syl for being responsible for his misery and

reacted in a way I cannot condone but will suggest is quite understandable.

Not by me!

Anyone could have printed my client's likeness on any piece of scrap paper.

It bears so little resemblance to my beautiful countenance.

Traces of the drug were found on this paper.

What does that prove?

Nothing.

Yesterday we were shown a sick youth.

But sick from what exactly?

We do not know what else may have caused his condition.

Medical records will answer that question, Counselor. Madam Adjudicator,

all we have heard so far are unfounded allegations against my client.

I must ask that the prosecution come up with firm evidence of a less

doubtful nature.

Er, Councillor Larnier?

I am about to call someone who can confirm Syl's part in the smuggling of

harmful substances.

Call my next witness.

Guard?

It's not possible!

It cannot be!