It was now apparent that the voice at the beginning of the inquest had been that of her own - and she did not need a loud speaker for it to be heard thunderingly.
Forsythe's manhood shrank and his shoulders slumped. He stayed fixed on the spot...
"We have but one question left to put to you" she continued.
"Thank goodness for that" thought Goober, after eleven days his enthusiasm had dulled.
"Think carefully before answering this final point:
"If you could have the chance to go back now and change all that you have done that did cause harm, would you so choose?"
It is hard to say if Forsythe thought this to be a trick question, where he would have to redress his sins for all eternity and be sentenced to some indefinite term of terrible work, or if arrogance just got the better of him - but he replied:
"No indeed, I would not."
The Goddess of Truth was easy to listen to - there could never be a misunderstanding as to what was meant by her.
She went on: "In conclusion therefore little Demon - I can give you the gift of Empathy, a true treasure that will open your soul. It is the seventh sense of nature and it does define oneself through the eyes of others. Will you now take this attribute I offer you?"
"No" he said adamantly, "I will not."
-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series
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