The women in the room responded with a moment of stricken silence.
Joshua sighed. It occurred to him that he was already in the middle of this mediation, and it still wasn’t clear who the perpetrator was. Or what the crime was. There was supposed to be one alleged perpetrator and one alleged crime. A normal court of law would go berserk with this.
But Joshua was a Mediator on the BrainTrust. He rose to the occasion. He would postpone dying a little while longer.
“On the charge of assault, perpetrated by one Cameron Ballard against one Velma Highwalker, no compensation is granted, the perpetrator having already received adequate punishment at the hands of the victim.” OK, one down.
Joshua banged his hand against the rail of his bed in a pathetic attempt to duplicate the sound of a gavel
