[ Piper considers for a few agonizing minutes before she responds. She'd seen the aftermath of Councilwoman Vera's death, seen the grief and rage of her daughter as she dug up the witchblood... but it was hard not to empathize with the landens. According to what she'd learned in the library, centuries of inequality come to a brutal boiling point. And now... things looked really bad. Just the way the crowd had interacted that night...

So she has an opinion, she knows what she thinks should be done - a trial by jury, to decide innocence and punishment. But she's not sure that would mean anything to them, not unless the Blood and the landen saw the reason why. ]

From what I've been able to understand about the laws of this place, they're on a... pretty case by case basis, depending on what the Queen says. If that's the case... you might have an opportunity here. To set a new example, a new law... but if that's what you want, the people you're asking shouldn't be us. Or - shouldn't be only us.