Wasit a good thing or bad that Katherine was this smart, that she was bright enough to figure out confidential matters?  Hard to say, but it got Sara to speak to her about the plan and more-or-less reassuring her since...in her mind, there was no way that it could fail.  The trial would be a trial, no matter [i]how much[/i] the MPs might be howling for blood.  There would be a judge, and there would be order.  Under those conditions, the right course of action would be followed instead of the wishes of the mob.  Kate was able to rest easy on that thought.

The next day, court was in session.  She'd slept right up to the point in which she was told to gather.  Well...yesterday was exhausting.  She hadn't taken REAL rest that day, not with Eren's situation, but now at least Kate had proper energy about her, grabbing food quickly and making her way to the courtroom.  Just slightly late, she found things to be tense already and Eren hadn't even shown up yet.  Then, after taking her seat and even spotting Sara in there, the doors opened and - Surprise, surprise! - Hange Zoe came in, escorting Eren to the pole in the middle of the room that he was soon chained up in.

[color=f7941d][i]She got here so quickly...[/i][/color]

Of course she did.  It's what she always did, as a woman who excitedly pursued all interests with both legs running and both arms gripping.  Aunt Zoe was more of an extremist than her mother, the calm and calculating one who could see a problem for what it was, and - with great detachment - shove a three-foot pipe through its neck-  Katherine shook her head, forcing that image away.  That was unnecessary now.  With Eren chained up, it was time to do her duty, as did they all.  One thing that surprised her was the presence of the [i]Order of the Wall[/i], that crackpot religion that made the walls out to be sacred...  What was with them, lately?  They'd been faiirly quiet and unimportant for years, and then suddenly they were getting extremely vocal, ever since the Colossal Titan kicked in the gates.  But that wasn't some sign of higher powers, only bigger feet.

Nevertheless, the court session began, and what it began with was the facts.  Witness testimony from all different people, for and against Eren.  Eren was there when the Colossal Titan struck.  Eren ordered the immediate attack and got nearest to its neck.  Eren saved Armin's life.  Eren lashed out at Mikasa.  It went on and on like this, and they had her reporting her own findings to the court as she had done last night.  It was only the fact that Eren were prepared to hear this now that kept him from being freaked out.  One thing she refused to do, however, was give the MPs the benefit of untested theory on 'What Eren might do'.  For the reason that there was simply no further evidence, she refused to comment further, and was allowed to step down so that the trial could continue.  They asked Mikasa about Eren punching himself in the face, something that actually made Kate snort with amusement.  She almost lost her composure entirely when the cadet insisted he was swatting at a fly.

Of course, the prosecution was being incredibly damning, painting Eren to be to great a threat to be kept alive and even considered him a conspirator to destroy their way of life, which naturally got everyone - Eren included - riled up.  Kate frantically made gestures at him like [color=f7941d][i]'No no no, don't give them what they want!  Oh hell, here come the rifles.'[/i][/color] as the MPs started pointing guns.