Apparently I was in more danger than I initially believed ending up as deadweight. [Goodness, Kaoru. How terrible.]

I have been getting the sense that Mr. Poland's trial is being used as a changing tides sort of moment... perhaps we shall be rejoining the living sooner than it would take for trials to become impossible for them to hold.

You'd think he'd be offering something up to defend her then, given how close they seem. Or at least I'm certain that's what my rival would do for me.