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Judge Thorne raised one hand. Silence fell like a blade. Then she did something no judge in Veridiana had done in a decade. She stepped down from the bench.

Today’s case was impossible. On one side stood the Church of the Gleaming Path, which had accused a young water-seller named Kael of stealing a holy relic—a cup said to catch the tears of a dying star. On the other side stood no evidence, only Kael’s trembling insistence: “I am innocent.” the judge

“On the contrary.” Judge Thorne picked up the chamber’s ancient law-stone—a smooth, cold orb that glowed faintly when a lie was spoken in its presence. She had not activated it until now. She held it between them. Judge Thorne raised one hand