"Be careful, Meri. Meet you at the truck in a half-hour?” “She nodded and disappeared quickly into the crowds. As Meri scouted around the entrance of the court, she found herself amazed by all the sheer number of people who were lined up outside. This looked more like the release of a highly anticipated film than the beginnings of the 'Trial to End All Trials'- the name her producer had told her she must refer to it as. The residents of Helsinki were casually loitering with smug looks of disinterest upon their faces as they stared at the frenzied crowd. Priests, reverends, vicars, and even two cardinals were standing on wooden boxes in order to raise themselves that small but significant distance above their flocks, preaching loudly to the masses about the evils of sin as they cast dirty l
