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tested already and set up as standards for
judging and calibrating the sensitivity of the device he had put together.
Epsi found it amusing that every couple of sentences, Kevyn interrupted with a layman's
interpretation, as well as putting it into advocate-speak, for those who had a hard time
understanding plain talk after decades of wrangling with the finer points and hairsplitting of
language.
"What we propose, honored committee members," Kevyn said, after Guber finally sat
down, "is to start with the easiest cases first. We will test all chocolate that came from Human
sources. Every person who gifted the late queen on the occasion of her coronation was required
to report where it came from. All gifts originating in the Human realms will be tested first, on the
theory that this is the most likely source for the quantities of carob that poisoned the late
queen.
"At the same time that we are testing the chocolate, we request that the Ministry of
Health as well as the Ministry of Culinary Protection set up their own testing program in
conjunction, to determine just how sensitive Fae are to carob, to identify the different reactions
that are possible, and try to determine if different bloodlines react differently.
"It might be beneficial if emergency medical procedures are set up to automatically kick
in as soon as symptoms are noticed in the future. With the increasing traffic into the Human
realms over the last few decades, especially for the sake of obtaining chocolate, the chances of
innocent Fae unknowingly obtaining adulterated chocolate and poisoning themselves without
realizing it, could be increasing."
He nodded toward Epsi. "My client started the line of thought that led to this suggestion,
and I request that she be given credit for what could result in life-saving measures for other Fae
in the future."
Epsi blushed so furiously, she could feel the sparks whizzing past her cheeks. To avoid
looking into the reception globes that transmitted the proceeding in the meeting room in all six
dimensions, she looked at Guber. He mouthed "teacher's pet," which set off a fit of giggles in her
that were hard to control. At least she stopped blushing.
Kevyn covered over most of her reaction by continuing his recommendations for the
testing. The late queen's bloodline needed to be tested first, to determine if it was a specific
susceptibility that made her swell up and die, or a combination of factors.
Epsi couldn't believe how long the report and testimony and questioning by the
investigation committee took. When she was sent back to the holding dimension and her cubicle,
she was exhausted. The lights had dimmed in the living areas, meaning it was technically
nighttime there.
She found several of her friends camped in front of the doorway to her cubicle, and the
protective coded doorway buzzing and hissing and arcing, shooting off sparks sporadically.
"What happened?" She nearly forgot to keep her voice down.
"Theodosius decided to have a temper tantrum in your cubicle. Or at least try to
have one in there. Whatever your advocate said, it really set him off," Lucentio said with a grin.
"We're pretty sure he worked off most of his temper just trying to slam through the door. He
finally got sent to the medical dimension after he knocked himself unconscious for the third
time."
"Ouch." Epsi grinned, and bit her tongue to keep from asking if anyone had recorded the
battle between enraged Fae bully and security-spelled door.
It took her a few minutes to repair the twisting and damage done to her spell before she
could open the door. She washed up and changed her clothes, and came back out to the common
area. She wasn't surprised to see that twice as many people now waited to hear what had
happened.
It surprised her to learn that more than three-quarters of her friends had gone to the
Human realms to obtain chocolate novelties for Mellisande's coronation gifts. Epsi realized that
her news gave them all hope. Everyone who
judging and calibrating the sensitivity of the device he had put together.
Epsi found it amusing that every couple of sentences, Kevyn interrupted with a layman's
interpretation, as well as putting it into advocate-speak, for those who had a hard time
understanding plain talk after decades of wrangling with the finer points and hairsplitting of
language.
"What we propose, honored committee members," Kevyn said, after Guber finally sat
down, "is to start with the easiest cases first. We will test all chocolate that came from Human
sources. Every person who gifted the late queen on the occasion of her coronation was required
to report where it came from. All gifts originating in the Human realms will be tested first, on the
theory that this is the most likely source for the quantities of carob that poisoned the late
queen.
"At the same time that we are testing the chocolate, we request that the Ministry of
Health as well as the Ministry of Culinary Protection set up their own testing program in
conjunction, to determine just how sensitive Fae are to carob, to identify the different reactions
that are possible, and try to determine if different bloodlines react differently.
"It might be beneficial if emergency medical procedures are set up to automatically kick
in as soon as symptoms are noticed in the future. With the increasing traffic into the Human
realms over the last few decades, especially for the sake of obtaining chocolate, the chances of
innocent Fae unknowingly obtaining adulterated chocolate and poisoning themselves without
realizing it, could be increasing."
He nodded toward Epsi. "My client started the line of thought that led to this suggestion,
and I request that she be given credit for what could result in life-saving measures for other Fae
in the future."
Epsi blushed so furiously, she could feel the sparks whizzing past her cheeks. To avoid
looking into the reception globes that transmitted the proceeding in the meeting room in all six
dimensions, she looked at Guber. He mouthed "teacher's pet," which set off a fit of giggles in her
that were hard to control. At least she stopped blushing.
Kevyn covered over most of her reaction by continuing his recommendations for the
testing. The late queen's bloodline needed to be tested first, to determine if it was a specific
susceptibility that made her swell up and die, or a combination of factors.
Epsi couldn't believe how long the report and testimony and questioning by the
investigation committee took. When she was sent back to the holding dimension and her cubicle,
she was exhausted. The lights had dimmed in the living areas, meaning it was technically
nighttime there.
She found several of her friends camped in front of the doorway to her cubicle, and the
protective coded doorway buzzing and hissing and arcing, shooting off sparks sporadically.
"What happened?" She nearly forgot to keep her voice down.
"Theodosius decided to have a temper tantrum in your cubicle. Or at least try to
have one in there. Whatever your advocate said, it really set him off," Lucentio said with a grin.
"We're pretty sure he worked off most of his temper just trying to slam through the door. He
finally got sent to the medical dimension after he knocked himself unconscious for the third
time."
"Ouch." Epsi grinned, and bit her tongue to keep from asking if anyone had recorded the
battle between enraged Fae bully and security-spelled door.
It took her a few minutes to repair the twisting and damage done to her spell before she
could open the door. She washed up and changed her clothes, and came back out to the common
area. She wasn't surprised to see that twice as many people now waited to hear what had
happened.
It surprised her to learn that more than three-quarters of her friends had gone to the
Human realms to obtain chocolate novelties for Mellisande's coronation gifts. Epsi realized that
her news gave them all hope. Everyone who
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