> She came awake with a gasp she was somehow able to, for the most part,
bite
> back as her eyes swept their immediate surroundings and then landed on him
> "I --"
>
> A nightmare. Julia swallowed once and started to bury her reaction to it,
> even as she reached out and tentively touched his cheek. She had to be
> strong, had to get through this and not let it show that she was being
> affected by the proceedings. And despite her effort to block it, what
> Cassandra had said in the hallway came back and she worked on pushing that
> back as well "Hi..."
>
Derek wasn't buying this for a second. It was obvious that hse was having a
nightmare and that the content had upset her. "Hello," he said gently.
"It's going to be all right Julia. Despite the way they are behaving, the
tribunal members are intelligent reasonable people. They won't ignore the
evidence staring them in the face." He had to believe that.
