((Actually, I would prefer not to play out the trial at all, except to just... go over the key points. I'm not sure what about the prospect is causing it, but it's really nerve-wracking for me. >.> Which should serve to speed things up even more.))
Cipher Nine nods and begins questioning Lindsay about the 'escape attempt' and the events leading up to it. His argument hinges on the fact that Lindsay did not make a conscious choice to escape—rather, he was lured away and placed under an intoxicating influence, something that essentially amounts to entrapment. The argument to consider the 'crime' entrapment is based upon the fact that the Lethe flowers are extremely rare and don't grow outside the banks of the Lethe River, and it is therefore extremely suspicious that one suddenly appeared right near Lindsay, in the first circle of Tartarus—presumably far from its natural environment. If someone made it appear there, they would have to know about the flower and know how to make it grow and blossom. So far as anyone knows, the only person with that knowledge and ability is Persephone.
His heart is fluttering nervously the whole time, though he keeps the nerves off of his expression and outward demeanor—he isn't usually involved in anything like this. Spies don't handle trials, so he's a little out of his comfort zone. That doesn't stop him from arguing the case as best he can, laying out, through his questions, each step in the chain of logic. Hopefully... it'll be enough.
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Cipher Nine nods and begins questioning Lindsay about the 'escape attempt' and the events leading up to it. His argument hinges on the fact that Lindsay did not make a conscious choice to escape—rather, he was lured away and placed under an intoxicating influence, something that essentially amounts to entrapment. The argument to consider the 'crime' entrapment is based upon the fact that the Lethe flowers are extremely rare and don't grow outside the banks of the Lethe River, and it is therefore extremely suspicious that one suddenly appeared right near Lindsay, in the first circle of Tartarus—presumably far from its natural environment. If someone made it appear there, they would have to know about the flower and know how to make it grow and blossom. So far as anyone knows, the only person with that knowledge and ability is Persephone.
His heart is fluttering nervously the whole time, though he keeps the nerves off of his expression and outward demeanor—he isn't usually involved in anything like this. Spies don't handle trials, so he's a little out of his comfort zone. That doesn't stop him from arguing the case as best he can, laying out, through his questions, each step in the chain of logic. Hopefully... it'll be enough.