"Now, do not be mistaken, no one in this court wants to use Cretone to watch your mating activities"
"Oh believe me, we've seen more than enough, and that's saying much coming from me"
"But the evidence still stands, vertically that is"
"That none such law passed down to you by a parent that came from upstairs was obeyed", argued the prosecutor.
"Granted", it continued, "my new approach does not completely defy Ansi's objection of the charges"
"As we are unaware of the thought of his parents', but let I remind you of my opening argument, in which I established a criteria for judgement"
"That you did not finish", Ansi had to remind.
"Oh, believe me, I will finish it. I'm awaiting the perfect moment to put that nail on its' head"
"But let's focus on what I've given you so far, life and reason"
"Life is obvious, but reason remains questionable"
"But as Ansi itself agreed, Homeless man was capable of a certain level of observation, seeing the similarities between eyes that cried before him and eyes that tried to hide their tears, is a type of reason in itself, wouldn't you agree?"
"I do", replies Ansi.
"And because of that", Panteku continued, "the Homeless one, was aware of how Lusanda's actions were affecting his mother"
"He still acted against his mother's words", Panteku pointed out, "the difference between himself and his sister, is he was more cautious with his secrets"
"The sibling that is more cautious with their secrets, is the one that gets away with the perception of being the obedient one"
"It is not farfetched to conclude he used his observational abilities not to change, nor become better for his mother, but rather protect his mother from his truth so that she does not get hurt and he gets to avoid any form of criticism or punishment from her"
"Where Ansi gets it wrong, where any member of this court could easily get it wrong, is interpreting this deed as a good intent, when the intention had more to do about himself than anyone else"
"Thus regardless of his mothers' thoughts, nor his father's pride, despite an alleged flaw, he defied things that he himself knew were born out of a good intention", the Panteku argued.
"Thus then my charges do not lack discernment because of something as ridiculous as lacking mind reading abilities, but a desire was triumphant over an instruction that was passed down to him from someone he was supposed to respect"
"So, even if a thought and a deed do not align, it could be classified as a good intention", said Ansi, rhetorically.
"Yes", Panteku replied to the smile of its opposition.
"Thank you", Ansi said, "permission to speak to your witnesses?"
"Which ones?"
"Chase and Vary's will do"
"Very well", agreed Panteku.
By Panteku's gesture, Vary's and Chase got up again.
"I'll be as brief as possible", Ansi immediately said.
"Chase, let's start with you, why did you initially vouch for his entry into heaven?"
"Because, I was under the impression that he was a good friend"
"And now that you've seen his thoughts, you no longer think so"
"No", Chase replied, "a good friend would not think the way he did, about someone they were supposed to care about"
"Fair enough, but the fact remains that when he passed on you were of the opinion that he was good"
"I was, but Tretone changed everything"
"Not quite", Ansi says, "what happens beyond death does not count"
"By your own reason, you interpreted his actions as good, and in favour of your friendship"
"Yes", Chase replied, "but why would that matter if none of it was true?"
"Let me help you understand", Ansi said.
"Let's assume Homeless Gregor, was transparent enough to say his thoughts out loud, and everything narrated to you by Tretone, were things he already said when you were alive. So, we won't even have a need for Tretone"
"And Panteku over here follows the same path and invites you in for a testimony, when asked about the verdict of a former friend, Heaven or Hell?"
"What verdict would you have picked?"
"You have all the time to ponder", Ansi encouraged, when the mortal was too hesitant to reply, and expressed his thoughtlessness with a deadpan facial expression.
"I begin by apologising for the distress my nemesis has put you through, but indeed you are now a factor of this trial"
"Like Panteku did, I too must use you as a sounding board for reason"
"While you make up your mind", it said, "Vary's onto you"
"The perception you had of your ex, was not what you saw within these walls, so I pose the same question I did your neighbouring friend"
"Had Homeless Gregor's thoughts about you been as clear as water, what would have been your initial verdict?"
"Heaven or Hell, Panteku so carelessly asks you, only this time there is no need for Tretone, for everything will be seen through Cretone alone"
"Would you have changed your ballot?"
Vary's unlike Chase, did not hesitate, "there's no definite way of knowing…but I don't think I would have", she admits, "I would have testified against him"
Ansi nodded it's head in agreement, clearly impressed by her answer, "I thank you for your input, kindly take a seat"
"Chase?"
The witness was still silent, and lost in thought.
"Let I help you", Ansi offered, "what type of friend would he have been, had he always expressed those thoughts?"
"A bad friend", he replies, "no, I don't think our friendship would have even lasted long"
"Indeed"
"So why did you vouch against him?"
"Because he was a bad friend on the inside", Chase said with reduced conviction.
"But if you are bad on the outside it means you are bad on the inside too", the witness finally concluded.
"In other words, your verdict would be the same regardless", concludes Ansi.
"Yes...it would still be hell"
"Be damned if you do, be damned if you don't", uttered Ansi, "is what's really going on here"
"Thank you for the input, kindly take your seat"
"To what does this reach extend? My fellows, you are probably wondering"
"If the contradiction that I'm playing around with has not already been made clear, by our prosecutor's own words, than let I clean up your pollutes"
"It is through reason that one can understand intention, Panteku enlightened us"
"It said, regardless of what his parent's inner thoughts could have been, they were acting out of good intentions, they gave rules of good intention that are in line with the words of the holy scriptures"
"Applaud, applaud, applaud, all you like, but the cheers shall end, when the question is posed"
"What is an intention?"
"To put an extra foot in the door, what is a good intention?"
"Panteku, mind helping me"
"Tug of war is my game", the prosecutor replies, "I will pull whatever it is you are trying to push"
"Simply defined an intention is everything one does", it answered.
"That's a little too simple", counteres Ansi, "I may intend to walk into a room but when I sneeze, did I intend to sneeze or only walk into the room?"
"Fair enough", Panteku accepts, "an intention is everything you do voluntarily"
"That I can accept, that we can work with"
"Voluntary means will"
"Meaning an intention is not just all that you've done, but what you voluntarily chose not to do"
"An intention thus encompasses all that is done, and all that could have been done but was not done"
"For if you had the will and the capability to do something and did not do it, you have acted against acting"
"Yes", agreed Panteku, "do go on"
"Our, dear prosecuting friend, said that charges with regards to honouring a parent should stick because the accused was aware that his parents', or mom at least, was acting on good intentions"
"And that of every rule ever made by a parent, we should charge my client of anything that is in line with the laws of the holy scriptures"
"Because regardless of mind reading abilities the recipient has enough reason to discern good intentions"
"That infers that for someone like Cynthia, her words may not be in line with her thoughts, but because she knows what should be said and what should not be said, any resulting disobedience, should make the commandment charges stick"
"Take that bit for example, and apply to his former friends, Chase and Vary's"
"Realise how their verdicts would not have changed if Homeless Gregor was transparent with his thoughts"
"They would judge his intentions in bad light regardless of secrecy"
"The difference is in my scenario, it would have been an opinion that resulted before his death and not one after death where they have access to Tretone", argued Ansi.
"What one does after death does not count, but we know a mortal, I repeat, a mortal, not a God, cares more about what is said to them and not what is thought of them"
"As I have evidently proved"
"Thus, if the prosecutor can alter its methodology and say my client had enough reason to understand the intentions of his mother were good without having access to her thoughts"
"How then do the charges concerning these not stick when they were of the initial opinion that his intentions were good?"
"Which brings us back to what we were saying of intention being an deed of acts done and not done"
"As what you do is based off of what motif you were trying to achieve"
"That itself implies, one could lie and still fall under what is deemed a good intention"
"But I will not risk leaving it all to my deductions"
"We have the scriptures itself to better word my defence", it claimed.
"Do unto others, what you would not want done unto yourself", Ansi said, "is a holy scripture law, let's not shy away from it now"
"The most important witness in this trial is not Cynthia, Jeremy, nor Chase, it is Homeless Gregor himself", Ansi says while standing besides him.
"Homeless Gregor, do tell if you were Vary's, would you have wanted to hear everything you were thinking about?", it asks.
"No", the mortal softly replied.
"Easy to say that now", Panteku grimaced, "especially when Ansi has shown you where this is going"
"It is easy to verify his words", said Ansi.
"Yes, let's not dwell on it, go on"
"Homeless Gregor, do tell if you were Chase, would you have wanted to hear everything you were thinking about?"
"No", Homeless Gregor softly replied.
"For a mortal to have a thought about another mortal is mainly dependent on how that mortal has made them feel"
"That is the nature of their thoughts, Homeless Gregor was no different"
"To act on the thoughts a mortal has about another is a will in itself, thus an intention as we have defined is shaped by linking the two"
"If a mortal knows their thoughts are illicit and chooses to not act on them where they had enough power to, their intention remains good", Ansi argued.
"Do unto others what you would not want done unto yourself", it repeats.
"My client, like Chase and Vary's, would not want to hear any of it"
"Analogies, are more Panteku's way of thinking then they are my own, but let me give it a try"