“I’d like to see that one go to trial. Odette’s trial was a farce. It was this whole production, and she pleaded down to a lesser charge just before they reached a verdict.” “Wait,” I said. “You saw Odette’s trial?” “Yeah,” Mordecai said. “I testified in it. Against her.” “But she was a crawler long before you.” “She wasn’t charged when she was a crawler. It was when she was my manager. Now open your boxes and get back out there.”

