The crowd seemed indifferent to the letters for the most part. There appeared to be an understanding among them all as to why they chosen few were trusted by Jerrick. Apart from that, there were scant whispers passed around with Meesei's description of the poisoning. It was nothing that induced particular surprise or fear, but it was a confirmation of some suspicions.

All those requested to stand as witnesses to the test of the poison walked onto the dais without hesitation. Sabine was last to move, but she was encouraged by a pat on the shoulder from Carana. There was a short pause after Meesei's first question where Carana and Sabine glanced at one another, waiting for one to talk. They both breathed in at the same time and stopped again. Sabine preferred that Carana do the talking and gave her a quick nod.

"We tested the mixture of the poison and water in Jerrick's water skin," Carana started slowly as the explanation formed in her mind, but she quickly gained confidence. "To normal tests for poison, it was resistant, going into some useless state of black muck that refused any reaction. Sabine and myself have not seen any property that could do such a thing, so we concluded that the origin of the poison had to be from some kind of complex magic, or otherworldly ingredients and methods." Carana was careful not to specify that it was Vile that made the poison, she had no proof of that and didn't want to make people jump to the wrong conclusions. "Failing any way to identify it further, we instead set up a test to see how long it took to take effect upon the body of a lycan. This was done by making a...sort of fake life with a human heart. A kind of weak necromancy, but not quite the same as the undead you might think of. Simply put, we would add the poison to the system and measure how long it took to die. This time - give or take about an hour or two - would be the same time taken for the poison to kill Jerrick after he drank it." Many in the crowd looked slightly lost, but Najirra was looking on with full interest. "With Jerrick's time of death given, our test concluded that he would have to have been poisoned some time between the start of the meeting of the lieutenants that day, and that mid afternoon, about half way between lunch and dinner. We repeated the test in the same way with everyone here with us patiently watching -" Carana gestured to the witnesses, "- and that yielded a result with no significant difference."

A moment passed where it was clear that Carana had finished. Without shifting much, Najirra peered to the witnesses. "You can all confirm this? None of you have heard a falsehood from Carana. Speak if you have."

All of the witnesses gave affirmative nods. None seemed dissatisfied with Carana's story.