Bab 259: Skewed Justice, Pt 3

Close to the end of the third cycle, Eva was transported by armored hopper to a stately-looking building only a few blocks away. The entire block itself was highly secure, and had multiple guards, drones, and turrets around its perimeter.

She noticed there were a few such blocks in this whole district.

The hopper landed gently on the building’s roof, and Eva was ushered inside quickly, under armed guard. They shuffled her down multiple levels and hallways until they arrived at one of the many smaller hearing rooms in the labyrinthine building.

There, her counsel Kellorine waited at one of the two lecterns standing in the center. The other lectern had a different attorney standing at it, which Eva presumed was her prosecutor.

In front of both lecterns was an officious-looking arbiter, who sat behind a high desk. She looked stern and unyielding from behind it.

Eva didn’t get a good feeling from looking at her.