"Shamar the Worker," he said, "the Party Leader himself has asked us to dismiss the pending charges against you. This I now do. You are free to go."
"Thank you, sir," Shamar said respectfully.
"Shamar the Worker, for your own sake, you better hope that I never see you in my court. You better not get yourself arrested for anything. I will show you no mercy, but justice will be swift and summary. So that you may not rest easily at night, I am having some of my very skillful and competent friends check through your background thoroughly. You should hope, very sincerely, that they find nothing. You may go."
Ge-Ge and Shamar stood. They turned in silence. When they were at the door, the Judge called, "Oh, Shamar the Worker!"
He turned, "Yes, sir?"
"Shamar the Worker, I do not like your accent."
Shamar could feel Ge-Ge trembling uncontrollably at his side.
But when they reached the street, they were greeted by headlines announcing that a delegation from the planet Earth had arrived.
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