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It was a moment he was not prepared for — the moment he had warned them about —but they had not listened. They had not believed. And now, here, at the end, was the proof they had all bleated like sheep to see, laid out so plainly before them. Jedi Master Ryell Vao did not get any final words...

Master Vao had heard enough. The longer this went on, the more chances there were of the trial erupting in violence. He raised his hand to silence the chamber once again. First, he cast a sideways glance at the deeply troubled and elderly Wyck. "I am sorry, old friend. This is the way it must...

Master Vao listened carefully as Dan'ela recounted her testimony. The wind had been taken out of him. His worst suspicions—garnered from the glimpses he had seen within Alais' mind, and supplemented by Wyck's testimony—had just been confirmed. Master Dan'ela was right. The girl was beyond...

The voices in the room reached a crescendo and Vao could take it no longer. Standing abruptly enough to garner the attention of every squabbling Jedi in the room, the usually soft-spoken Jedi Master slammed his palms down on his podium and amplified his voice over theirs through the Force...

Vao felt the blood pulsing in the veins of his lekku. He was too focused on the girl's plea to notice the obvious anger surrounding him. He had hoped that this was going to be a simple matter. Clearly, it was not. "Your blame is misplaced, young one," he said in a calm tone. "The Jedi did not...

The stage was set. The judges—himself, Master Vox, Master Dan'ela, and Knight Wyck—were seated in their places. Alais Drast stood on the judgement podium, which was now lifted so that she could stare upward at them. Behind her, the viewing gallery had begun to fill with Jedi who had already...

The Judgement Chamber was in the spire adjacent to the Jedi Council chambers. The "bench," was stacked, as it were. At the center, as the presiding Jedi Council member, was Jedi Master Ryell Vao. On either side of him, in the adjacent booths, were seats for Masters Vox and Dan'ela. Seated in the...