"I don't give the slightest fuck about what everyone thinks," Theo interjected, continuing with the theme of not letting the other party's words ring out. "We are not here to take a popular vote, one that's skewed against me, but to establish whether I'm guilty or not."
Theo breathed out before closing his eyes and leaning his head back.
For a second, he remained motionless, as if completely done talking, perfectly satisfied with nothing more but rejecting Julius' idea of justice.
A mere second later, however, Theo rose up from his seat, instantly causing Celeste, the armed servants and even some of the supposedly elite teachers on the tribunes to twitch.
"From what I can see, hear and ultimately tell, you've made your case. So now it only makes sense for me to take the floor, doesn't it?" Theo asked, locking his eyes on Julius's face for but another moment before rolling his eyes away with clear, open and unbridled disregard.
