“Make love not war.”
Sun Tzu* #quote
Today I saw the doctor. A blood test that we did to check if my
epilepsy medication was damaging my liver(yeah...some things have
nasty side effects) showed that I had high triglycerides. Anyway, as
I've been thinking of doing for awhile now I've decided to change my
diet a bit. I'm cutting out the sugary breakfasts and making my
snacks for my bills no longer snack bars(which are probably SPIKED
with sugar for flavor). Also, oddly enough milk had decent chunk of
sugar. Not massive, but I usually drink A LOT of it, usually with
every meal, so I'm cutting that down. It's a bit difficult to cut
weight with exercise since too intense amounts of it cause seizures.
Anyway onto the flash fiction!
A Human In Dragon Court
“The largest evidence that the human did not murder the victim is
that this blade is not his nor does it have his scent on it. And
since the crime occurred recently the scent evidence obviously is
solid proof that permeates this whole courtroom.” The defense
attorney argued. The knight wondered if the dragon should be wearing
should be wearing some sort of formal garb if he was some sort of man
of the court. Though the fact the dragons had any sort of legal
system surprised him. He expected to have been dead long ago before they even brought him into their cave lairs.
“Objection!” the prosecutor shouted. “Humans, unlike wild
beasts, have the ability to wash items off. With enough time he could
have erased scent evidence.”
“Sustained. The scent evidence is inadmissible. Also what proof do
you have that the blade was not owned by the defendant? You've been
insisting this for quite awhile, and you've told us that he couldn't
possible possess it.” The knight felt confused by the dragons's
whole conversation.
“Your honor and members of the court allow me to demonstrate.”
The defense attorney then gave the murder weapon to his client. The
knight didn't know that the public defender that dragon society
assigned to him had a plan. The knight just saw that the defense
attorney attacked him.
But the knight tried to use the blade and failed miserably. It was
twice as large as would be appropriate for his hand size. He dropped
it quickly like a baby fumbling with a toy.
The prosecutor then responded, “So he's a poor swordsman what of
it?”
The defense attorney replied, “The argument you are putting forth
is that my client killed an adult dragon with a sword he cannot hold.
The evidence at the crime scene shows a struggle. A long battle. So
it couldn't have been a single surprise attack either, he would have
had to have been a skilled swordsman to take down the victim.”
The prosecution went silent.
The judge then added, “So that's your closing statement, any
further statements or witnesses from either side? Or will the jury
will be called to vote?”
The prosecution then said, “No.”
The defense added, “No.”
Later the dragons freed the knight who'd only seen town councils or
kings sentence people for their crimes. He didn't quite understand
what just happened, but he thought that someone in there saved his
life.
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