[Entry post 4-4] Oct 13th 2026

[autodidakt]

I had planned on spending my entire day vomiting, but I have managed to pull myself away long enough to compose my displeasure in slightly more concrete form

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[fragrant_coffee]

This is what happens when you let your entire awareness of the legal system go back no further than two decades, Gavin.

Perspective is the hungriest bitch of them all, isn't she? The prerequisites for her gifts are so harsh.

Hey, on the plus side: you don't have jury duty!

[fragrant_coffee]

Oh, I almost forgot: would you happen to be in my old cell?

[autodidakt]

No. That unfortunate pit is across from me, two cells down. They never managed to rid it of the stench of coffee.

[fragrant_coffee]

Now are you closer to the hall or are you at the end of the block?

[autodidakt]

Not that I see how it's any of your business, but the end of the block.

[fragrant_coffee]

That's Manfred von Karma's old cell!

[autodidakt]

And this affects me how? Am I to assume he haunts the place? Or perhaps he left me some buried treasure to discover?

[fragrant_coffee]

Not at all. I was just wondering....

[fragrant_coffee]

What's it like being in the cell of a man who was a better lawyer and a better murderer than you? A better villain, if you will pardon my turn of phrase.

Mmmm.

[autodidakt]

Forgive me if I don't share your opinion on what constitutes a "better" murderer, let alone lawyer.

[fragrant_coffee]

Hey, we're a pretty exclusive club! It pays to know your own.

It's all right though, Horns. One day, with practice and hard work, you could try ag-

Wait, no, I guess you couldn't.