85: Bending the rules

The court opened and Xavier and Mia stepped into the hall, with their hands entwined and both in a grey robe. While Mia chose their clothes, Xavier made the choice for her hair. He told her it’d go better on the robe in a bun and he took his time to do that. Mia was a genius in many things, knowing the best style for her hair wasn’t one of them. Thank the goddess her husband did.

The setting of the courtroom had changed since the trial began last week. Usually, the room had a large rectangular table with curvy edges and seats around it which the elders and the king sat on. Now, however, the table had been dissected into smaller shapes and the chairs rearranged. The eight elders sat at the right side of the room where their chairs were and a thinner table stayed before them. Robb also stayed on the right, but further away from the elders. Xavier sat on the left side of the room and he had the eyes of the elders and Robb on him in this position. The witness’ stand stayed in front of the