Chương 299: Cornered and Exposed

" Captain Ravan, are you familiar with this ancient prophecy of our kind? " Vega asked Max as he receded the intense pressure he was exerting on Max 

Max could see it within Vega's eyes that the man knew the answer to this question but was only testing Max. 

If Max said no, Vega would undoubtedly be disappointed with his answer and know that he is lying, whereas if Max said yes he would be opening himself to a whole new degree of cross-questioning where eventually he would hit a point where he would need to lie anyways. 

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Max decided to take the middle route as he said " Maybe, I'm not sure if I recollect" 

Patriarch Vega scoffed at Max's answer as he pointed to one of the empty chairs in his courtroom and said " Please, let's sit as we have this conversation. 

I think that if you are comfortable you won't have trouble recollecting things as much "