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Does the truth lie?

Where is your client, Mr. Carter?

I'm not certain that the guards were due to collect him earlier.

Perhaps you should check on his whereabouts.

Apologies, Your Honor. We had a problem with the prisoner refusing breakfast.

And throwing a reptilian fit.

at the prospect of having to speak the truth?

I was lacking in hydration.

My mouth was as dry as the dust bowls of Kulu.

As for the food, I refuse to eat the swill you provide.

Are you on hunger strike, Syl?

No.

I only wish to eat and drink.

from sources I believe are not harmful to my person.

Your Honor, my client is obviously suffering great stress.

He is weak from lack of sustenance. May we have a recess so as to restore his

mental and physical equilibrium?

More delaying tactics.

I am ready.

Still, think what you are doing.

Truth will out, my lawyer.

Let us begin.

I haven't put the needle in yet.

I have now.

Really?

Have you?

Soon you will feel an ease of mind, a warming

relaxation.

No more holding back.

You will soon feel an increasing desire to answer our questions

truthfully. It will be a relief for you to do so. Again, I protest against this

whole procedure.

Whatever Sill says under the influence of the drug, I will appeal that such

evidence is inadmissible.

Not so?

I cite Elias Judd versus the state, Lena LeSapple versus Gunter Brennick.

All right, Erica.

Full marks for doing your homework.

Mr. Carter, I have ordered this procedure many times.

I have found it a most useful tool.

What is happening?

Contain yourself, Mr. Carter.

This is a normal reaction.

Shows the drug is working on your client.

It has reached that part of his brain that senses his thoughts.

He will wake soon enough.

If he doesn't, you will never hear a case again.

Good morning, everybody!

Good morning, Syl.

How are you feeling?

Never better!

Will you assist us by answering some simple questions?

Questions?

Oh, I don't...

If I must.

Yes, I know I must.

How did you first learn of the properties of the drug now known as

Devil's Seed?

From our biologists on the planet Arador.

They said the Arboringa plant was like no other

they had ever encountered.

full of vitamins, phytochemicals, antioxidants.

Something that would enhance the intelligence and physical strength of

humankind.

This gave you the idea to import it to Earth?

Yes.

We needed to recoup our monetary losses.

It was almost time for the quarterly accounts, and we feared the wrath

of the Oomph Council.

We? You were not alone in this scheme?

No.

Mistress Naa was with me when we went to bargain with the birdlings

that ruled Arador.

Oh, then...

The Queen!

Such beautiful plumage!

Syl, where have you gone?

To Arador.

I'm inside the giant tree palace.

Queen Aviana wants to know about life on Earth.

And why so few birds fly in the skies?

Your Majesty, I believe the bird deaths

began during the famine, the terrible great famine

of 42, when there was a saying that if it flies,

it dies.

Those birds that survived the slaughter, they were later

poisoned by pesticides.

How did the queen react?

She became very angry.

Said it was a crime against nature.

When we asked to buy the angel seeds,

She flapped her wings and gave high whistling calls.

Her leaders of the flock gathered around her.

There was a lot of whistling and clucking

until eventually she said she would accept

our first price.

And we could export the seeds to Earth as a

goodwill present from the bird people of Arador.

It was her revenge for you almost wiping out the bird population of Earth.

This is fantasy.

A way of hiding... the true reason why Sill sold the drug to criminal elements,

profit. He was desperate to create profit for his masters, the Council of

the UNF.

Very scary.

Sill, are you an agent of the Universal Monetary Fund?

I am.

Their interests are paramount. They take precedence over all other considerations

as far as you are concerned.

Profit is all.

Capital is king.

There we have it.

You don't care what consequences ensue so long as you can bring profit to your

masters. I fault the imports.

would make people happy and healthy.

And it seemed the perfect way to recover our monetary losses.

By selling devil seeds to criminals?

Yes. They paid you well?

200% mark-up, thanks to Mistress Na and her China

Corp contacts.

When the seeds turned out to be detrimental to the health of the

Eurozone, did you stop buying and shipping from Arador?

No. Why not?

We haven't reached profit targets today.

So even though your drugs were sucking the life force from those addicted, you

continued to ply your evil trade?

Along with Mistress Ma, yes.

Your Honour.

Syl has just made an admission of guilt.

He must be sent for trial.

That is for me to decide.

Of course. I was merely trying to save time by bringing this hearing to an

early close.

My client is confused.

Others are obviously involved.

Mistress Na, China Corps, the ruler of Arador.

All should be interviewed before a decision is made.

That would be for a subsequent court to decide.

Syl, do you realize that what you have said amounts

to an admission of guilt?

What if it was?

I will soon be outside the power of your jurisdiction

and that of the Eurozone.

How so?

I request that Syl be placed on suicide watch immediately.

Syl, is it your intention to escape justice through self-harm?

As if!

There is another way to foil your so-called justice system.

Which is? The Eurozone votes to elect.

A new president in three weeks' time.

I intend to put myself forward to become your

next president.

What nonsense? How can you, an alien creature, become our president?

This alien creature is a bona fide citizen of

the Eurozone as you.

I have

rights, and if elected, I will be above the law.

No president can be brought to trial, to court.

This is in your constitution.

Who would vote for you?

Other people long for change.

Your unemployment rate is about 50%. I

would abolish birth restrictions, dismantle the robots, and

return the glory of work to those who live without

purpose.

I would be backed by unlimited UMF funds for my campaign.

I will promise to find an antidote for the

terrible, dastardly devil scenes.

And I will promise that those responsible, those

guilty of spreading this scourge, bringing it to

half society, will be punished.

Starting with yourself.

Not if I become Mr President.

Mr Carter here is a respected advisor to the

UMF. Councillor, do you think the UMF

would fund my campaign?

I would think it likely, yes.

I now have sufficient evidence to reach a judgment.

Return Sill to his quarters while I consider the outcome

of this hearing.

May I add something further, Your Honor?

Briefly.

all aspects of the situation.

I'm sure your verdict will take

all matters and their future consequences into

account.

You may return me to my cell.

Telling the truth is so, so very,

very, very time.

that under the influence of their drug you've confessed your guilt.

The Veritas Serum may work on humans, but it's no match for superior

species such as ourselves.

Then why confess to trafficking the devil seeds?

Oh, do keep up, Kiv.

It was all part of my ploy, my stratagem. Give them a morsel of

success. Then snatch it away.

By you wanting to become president of the Eurozone.

Bravo, my dear Kev.

Your mental facilities still work after a fashion.

Shall we partake of a little late lunch?

I'm not hungry.

No, please.

Just have a little sip of this sublime slime.

I'd rather not.

Because this slime is impregnated with poison.

When Mistress Naa failed to end my life, you stepped in.

to try and silence me in your terms. Syl, you are suffering the effects of

the Veritas injection.

Yours is a neurotic reaction.

I wish you no harm.

Then oblige me by taking a drink.

You are nothing but an assassin, Kev.

A failed assassin.

I will keep this jar.

And if you fail to support me in the future, I will present this poison to

the oomph as evidence of your failing power!

Are you in need of a further transplantation?

Or is it not the truth?

And your inferior position is causing you even more pain!

It's a bluff, Chamoury. Do not take it seriously.

I must.

Still as president of the Eurozone.

He outlined his manifesto. Health, employment, hope.

He will promise the Earth and the voters may well believe him.

You obviously believe him. I remind you that Sill was under the influence of the

truth drug when he outlined his strategy.

With UMF backing, he well may become your next president.

Sill is guilty of destroying our youth.

The UNF can also be held responsible. They could be punished by withholding

all future loan repayments.

Only if Sill is found guilty by the High Court.

Should he become President, he will be free of all restraints.

The law will be subservient to him.

Subservient? Yes.

Could his trial take place before the election?

Impossible, given the backlog of cases.

And he will be immune from prosecution the moment he announces his candidature.

Wait.

Perhaps I can contact the prosecution service and ask to be given

responsibility for deciding Syl's fate now.

They might grant me emergency powers.

Is that possible?

I can argue it has become a necessity.

I will do anything within the law to avert Syl

attaining... high office.

For the sake of my son and all those who suffer, I pray you succeed

in awarding Sil his just deserts.

All may not be lost for you, my dear Kif.

I may decide to keep you on as my assistant.

But we shall have to find a more suitable body for you.

One young and reptilian with a suitable skull

capacity.

Mistress Nabhat.

Time for your verdict.

Good luck, Mr President.

I must inform you all that due to the nature of this case and its

constitutional ramifications, I alone have been given the

power to decide the outcome based on the evidence before me.

Envoy Sill, I have considered the evidence

and I find you guilty as charged.

Do something!

Your judgment is invalid.

My client has a right to a trial by jury.

We will appeal.

Allow me to finish, Mr. Carter.

I have also taken into consideration some possible constitutional

problems. Caused by me becoming president?

Be quiet.

Proceed.

You are there.

As you have admitted your guilt and the culpability of the UMF.

Statements gained under duress.

My decision is this.

I will impose a suspended sentence and a fine against the UMF

of two billion credits.

This son.

to be used to create a foundation for research into the means of reversing

the effects of the Devil Seeds of Arador.

I seek leave to appeal.

Denied. The UMF will never agree to such terms.

Mr Carter here is a trusted representative of the

interests.

recommend the oomph accept these

conditions my lawyer i believe

the judgment will find favor with the council given your strong

representations yes

You are free to leave but must remain in Lunar City until all the penalties are

paid. Should you abscond, the Eurozone will delay all future payments

to your employers.

If the fine is not paid in full during the next seven days,

you will be taken back into custody.

I will be paid.

Does this mean your presidential ambitions are at an end?

It depends on two conditions.

Which are?

Mistress Naa must be released under the same conditions

as myself.

Granted.

Secondly, I feel I deserve some recognition

for creating the means of restoring health to the

USA.

Which you harmed in the first place.

What are you asking for, Syl?

My name.

on the research facility,

the Sill Foundation has a most

pleasing...

Pleasing to you,

but to no one else.

My clients should not be subject to these insults. They do you no credit.

I will grant your request.

The Foundation will bear your name.

Oh, what an honor, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Madame Larnier?

When an antidote is found to the dastardly Devil

Seeds, do you think I... I will become known as

Saint Sill.

Oh,

Saint Sill. Oh, I like it.

Such an apt title for a saviour

such as myself.

Ah! Ah!

Ah! Ah! Ah!