Dear Readers,
Dhurke talked about the orb some more. This was stolen from Khura'in and the Defiant Dragons were being blamed for it, but he had a hunch it was one of the royals who actually did it. He didn't say who it was but he did say that security around the treasure was tight and they had unfettered access. They were turning a blind eye to its loss as well. I asked him why would they want to do that and he said he hadn't figured it out yet.
He did figure that it wasn't anything good, someone royal stealing the treasure and getting someone foreign to study it and pinning the blame on the Defiant Dragons. I said if this went public, then support for the regime would weaken.
Dhurke agreed and added another hunch that he believed there was something even bigger at play here and that would explain whatever the reason was for the orb to be studied in the first place. That would shake the kingdom to the very core and he was going to find out what that was.
I was thinking he was probably right as his instinct was usually spot on. I asked him why he was so bent on revolution, if it was to reform the legal system. He said it was but it was also for his children - he wanted to save Nahyuta.
I asked him what he meant and told him I met him in the courtroom when I defended Trucy. I said he seemed like a totally different person than from when we were kids. He tried to wrongfully convict Trucy, he told me I had a "putrid mind" and that I should "let it go, and move on"
Dhurke said Nahyuta wasn't like that when he first stepped into the courtroom. He had a sense of justice and swore to bring down the Ga'ran regime, but that was five years ago. Dhurke said he was the shining star and the greatest hope of the Defiant Dragons.
That was news to me. I asked Dhurke why would Nahyuta go through such a change? He said something must've happened to him... but still, he didn't think Nahyuta truly believed in that new path he took. He said it wasn't conviction that filled his heart, but resignation and despair.
Wow... I always knew there was something false about Nahyuta and it really got on my nerves, but it appears that he is actually suffering a lot. Dhurke said exactly what I was thinking and added that Nahyuta must be suffering in silence.
Dhurke said Nahyuta knows what the true legal system should be in Khura'in, but something was forcing him to bend to Ga'ran's will and it was tearing him apart.
I asked Dhurke if Nahyuta really wanted to reform the legal system and he said as long as he carried what Dhurke taught him in his heart, Dhurke believed it.
I recited "A dragon never yields", the saying that Dhurke always told us and how it meant that we should never bend our will or give up in our pursuit of the truth. I thought about how he was just like Phoenix.
Dhurke showed me his old attorney's badge. He held onto it, even though there weren't any more lawyers in Khura'in. He believed the legal system would be restored to its former glory and that this badge was a testament to that belief.
I wondered if Nahyuta still believed in what Dhurke taught us. Dhurke then said he was sure he did and recited "A dragon never yields" in voiced dialogue! He also put out his palm, which looked all dramatic in 3D!
Dhurke wanted to free Nahyuta from the clutches of the regime and to smack some sense into him, asking what else were fathers for with a jolly laugh!
With the Founder's Orb in our possession it was time to move on to the next problem, how to get out of here.
Nahyuta has been a horrible opponent this whole time and the prospect of reforming him is pretty appealing to me. It's very hard to imagine him as any kind of a brother or step-brother right now.
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