It would have been borderline amusing if the issue wasn't what it was. A legal challenge that didn't change the circumstances or introduce new evidence was supposed to enable Beatrice Anselmo to go home? It had raised plenty of eyebrows in the Marble Palace and probably across Mundus among legal analysts and experts. For
Serenity, it smacked more of something else. The truth was the wrong question was being asked by Rokkenjima, it was understandable why but it didn't change that it was the wrong question. An unusual pair of guests to the Palace
Lieutenant Nell Foster and
Lieutenant Gary Newton stepped out of a car at the front of the Palace where Serenity was waiting, Nell was the prosecutor on the Andean Genocide case while Gary was the officer to whom Serenity had handed her caseload after her coronation as Empress.
"Have you got it?" Serenity asked
"You don't want to know what Commander Armitage's reaction was to this whole thing." Nell said handing Serenity a piece of paper "But that's what we're looking at."
"Sensible enough." Serenity said "And thorough."
"We're not taking chances on this." Nell said
"Will the Court agree to it?" Serenity asked
"Provided Rokkenjima upholds what's in there yes." Nell said
"Gary?" Serenity asked
"Yeah." Gary said
"Ok then let's go." Serenity said
In truth the hardest part of this was going to be the initial talking, the easiest part was going to be the getting there, a short hop in a helicopter to the coastal dock and then it was onto the
Blue Vixen with Serenity in the drivers seat as she took it out at speed, making the rendezvous would be easy enough, the Achkaerinese Ekranoyacht may have been smaller than the Rokkenjiman liner but she was sleeker, greener and faster. Pulling up alongside the United States was simple enough, Serenity sighed. Now for the troublesome part of the whole thing. Climbing aboard the United States was a simple matter, getting directed to Asuna also not that difficult.
"This is Lieutenant Nell Foster and Lieutenant Gary Newton of our JAG corps, they're the current attorneys of record for the Andean Genocide case. The last time I had to come see you on a ship it was your ill advised trip to Josai with Thomas and we were both Crown Princesses, now we're both Empresses we have far less time than we'd like. So how about you stop the grandstanding around something you're not going to resolve and ask the question you want to ask?" Serenity said
