"Don't you remember? Don't you remember what happened to you Thanksgiving Day last year—the injury to your wrist, your right wrist? You weren't writing anything until a couple of days before Christmas and even then it was painful for you. You were wearing that wrist support all the time for well over a month."
"My God, I had forgotten that. Are you sure of the dates? I just remember the December labs were hell because I couldn't do the boards."
"Absolutely. I remember coming back from spending Thanksgiving at home and you were soaking your wrist which was all swollen up and remember, you wore that brace and couldn't write and...."
"I remember the wrist brace," cried Jennifer. "You had me write things on the board for you at my lab because you couldn't."
"Me too," chimed in Roz.
"James, Jennifer, Roz, will you tell that to the panel in addition to what you already plan to testify to?"
"Sure, no problem."
"Betcherass!"
"That will really give this charge against you the deep six along with Sarah's testimony," Roz said excitedly as the whole bunch of happy people left their food and joined each other in a wild victory dance. Premature for sure, but the powerless and the innocent naively take their joy where they can find it.
When the hearing commenced again, the panel appeared subdued, and listlessly turned over pages of notes as Henry told Diana to call her next witness and cautioned her that, "they should be addressing the specific charge here."