Prosecutor Ga'ran summoned a very sad looking Princess Rayfa to perform her Divination Séance. The judge asked her if she was unwell. He was sympathetic to her situation, as the victim was her father and she now had to experience his death through his own eyes.
Phoenix said she seemed worse off than she was yesterday. I wondered if Ga'ran did something to her when she talked about disciplining...
The judge said Nahyuta had yet to review the Séance's content. Ga'ran asked Nahyuta to explain himself. Nahyuta said since the accused was caught at the scene of the crime, he deemed no Séance would be necessary for a case that was so clear-cut. Ga'ran curled her long purple-nailed fingers and said he had a bleeding heart for sparing Rayfa the trauma of witnessing her father's death. She asked him if this was why he had done this and he said not at all, though somewhat nervously. Rayfa asked him if he was concerned about her. I found it oddly compassionate of him. He said regardless of what was best for Rayfa, he found the case to be blessed with a bounty of incontrovertible evidence, so he believed we could reach a swift verdict without spending time on a Séance. The judge agreed with his point but at the same time he wanted to spare Rayfa any undue misery.
Rayfa wondered if the trial could truly proceed without a Divination Séance. The judge asked for Ga'ran's opinion and she insisted on going ahead with it anyway, calling our words of compassion feckless! She was much more harsh and this was her own daughter! She asked her to perform and she agreed.
Rayfa asked for Nayna to remove her robe, forgetting again that she was missing, so she ordered Phoenix to do it! He did so, begrudgingly.
Rayfa then performed the ritual dance to the end but something went wrong. Her face turned a ghastly colour and she started sweating and breathing heavily. Then she collapsed, causing uproar in the court.
The judge called for order and for Rayfa to be taken to first aid at once. He asked Ga'ran what happened and she said it seemed Rayfa wasn't ready for what the deceased was going to reveal and it overwhelmed her. She said she was disappointed and grunted at Rayfa's unreadiness and immaturity. I thought she wasn't winning Mother of the Year ever.
Ga'ran decided to move on to witness testimony and the judge agreed. The witness was called and it was... Dhurke!
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