"That isn't true, and you know that."
The one to cut off the suited man's announcement of charges was Kara rather than Aurora.
Although she also wanted to deny it, the fact that she did do it conflicted with the remnant part of her honest self.
While Aurora was no longer afraid of using deception to fight back, she also didn't have the conviction to disprove the fact that her lie was in fact a lie.
If she tried to, she knew that her unconscious show of guilt would cement the charges against her even more.
"Come on now. I speak for the City Council; why would I lie to frame the Hero the entire city supported?! Wouldn't I be turning the whole city against me by doing so with no proof?"
Despite his entire body turning stiff from the tension at the possibility of receiving a supernatural attack, the suited man's face relayed absolute calm.
This time, the whole city was on his side!
