10. As Simple As Green and BlueThe court room attendant had Sabienn place a hand on a book once he’d taken the witness chair. “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?”
“Yes,” said Sabienn uneasily.
Layr walked up to him casually from his table and spoke with authority, “Please state to the court your name?”
Sabienn looked out over the court room and felt his vision star a little and his hands go clammy. The only person his eyes kept focus on was the old grey General sitting in his pressed military formals. He sat like a mountain among aspiring rises. And the General’s gaze was piercing through him like a knife. This man’s going to smell a lie like a Deerland bear can smell blood. I better play this by the rules.
Nervously Sabienn leaned in and spoke s
