Of points made...
Alexander Thibedeaux was recently sentenced to a punishment from his trial that included torpor for a year and a day. He submitted to this punishment, including voluntarily going into torpor. He made the decision to not honor his word and tried to escape and flee. He is now dead.
The man in the scarlet silk bathrobe tilted his head, pondering. If true...
"I see that a Egregoroi's promise is as valuable as ever."
His hand hovered over the keys... and the words vanished, the screen wiped clean by a keystroke, the unsent missive fading into the same oblivion that had claimed both murdered and murderer.
Let the dead play their games with each other. He still had work to do.