The continuation of Sabine's story was no easier to hear than when it began. Still, it did provide the context that the council had been desiring, and explained why Sabine had brought Do'rhajul back to the clan [i]not[/i] in chains. The evidence they had planted had its intended effect, though few in the council had actually expected Do'rhajul himself to be converted. Even so, the explanation alone was not sufficient to convince [i]everyone[/i]. 

Ri'vashi's claws scratched across the stone table in front of her. "How does that excuse him, or anything he did? Do'rhajul may not have tortured you himself, but from how you described it, he just stood by and watched for, what? Hours? Just let them do all of those things to you for the 'greater good?' He was complicit in your torture. Why should he be forgiven for it, and for all the lives he has taken over the years? Why should he get to live, while the people who raised and cared for Ri'vashi her whole life had their souls harvested by this monster's minions? Where is the justice in that?" 

Ri'vashi was obviously the most deeply affected by the actions of Do'rhajul, but that did not mean her plea for retribution could not resonate with anyone else.