Dear Readers,
Amara sighed when she revealed her identity, saying she was tired of masquerading as an old woman anyway. She twirled her forearms dramatically with lots of chanting in the background, reintroducing herself to the people of Khura'in. Everyone was floored! Nahyuta was so shocked he hit himself in the face with his beads and fell to the floor!
Ga'ran asked her to forgive her for not being able to keep her secret any longer. Amara said it was alright, saying that Dhurke was a blackguard who threatened her life and would be re-captured soon enough. She explained to the judge that she staged her death and abdicated the throne to her dear younger sister, Ga'ran because she thought Dhurke would make further attempts on her life.
The judge asked her to explain further. What about the tomb and the disguise? She asked Ga'ran to explain. Ga'ran said she wanted her to be close by and found this to be the best way to protect her, by her being in disguised in plain sight. Not even Dhurke knew, thinking she was held captive in a far off place. Amara said she liked living as a servant but now it was over, thanks to me.
I told Amara she should consider herself lucky if her servant life was the only thing that ended. I declared our move to indict her as Inga's real killer!
She laughed it off. She did seem regal and everything, but she also seemed incredibly haughty and I was surprised she suspected Dhurke of attempting to kill her. I told her she was just another suspect to me. She declared she would face my accusations with grace and benevolence. She sounded a lot like Nahyuta to be honest.
She said my accusation suffered a flaw. She addressed Nahyuta, who awkwardly addressed her as Her Mercifulness. She asked him who was present in the tomb when the murder was discovered. He followed her train of thought and copped it. Then he laid it out for me: if Amara channelled Inga and ran to the tomb, she would be trapped inside. However, she wasn't there when we all got there. Uh oh...
Ga'ran was satisfied. She told Nahyuta to assume the prosecution and clear his mother's good name. She told him to prosecute his father to save his mother!
She then stepped away to the sidelines and gave the judge back his role too.
Amara went on to testify officially as to why I was so wrong. Hmph.
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