"You lying straight to my face was the best thing I could hope for. With me here to protect you, you had no reason to be afraid of village head Belam. I'm not even from this region.
"You could count on my discretion or ask me to be moved to the Ernas region if you feared retaliation from some noble. Instead, you lied, and did it with confidence.
"In my experience, it means it's not your first time, and that's what I'm going to write in my report. You just added obstruction of justice to your charges for aiding and abetting slavery."
"How can you say we are lying, milord?" The baker refused to drop the title, hoping it would earn him some mercy if the Commander was telling the truth.
"Have you not wondered why I came here in a DoLorean? Why did my daughter make such a pompous entrance? Why did she give you a long-winded speech that kept all of your eyes and ears on her?"
Orion's smile turned soft, an echo of what Jirni offered her victims before dealing the deathblow.
