“Systems,” he said, turning to the jury. He had one hand on the Neman Creed, fingers splayed, leaning on it like a prop. His other hand was held out in front of him, thumb and forefinger pinched. He looked more like a professor than a lawman. “I want to talk to you, my lords and ladies, today, about systems. We are surrounded by them. Every facet of civilisation, and what makes a civilisation, is a system. Our very society, a hierarchy of emperors, senators, lords and commonfolk, is a system. How we interact with one another is a system. Language is nothing more than a system of noises which
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This monologue was incredible.
