"They are injecting eel sperm into their veins?" Judge Malorn leaned back in his chair, looking over both of the lawyers in front of him. They were standing side by side, waiting for him to reach a decision. The problem was, the case they were presenting him with was absurd.
"Yes indeed." The lawyer to the judge's left, the prosecutor, shrugged. "People will inject whatever gets them high. Not my place to judge."
"No, Dan," The second lawyer, the defendant, sat down and shook his head. "But it is, apparently, your job to chase down the most pointless of cases."
"Come on Pat, I just do what I'm told." Dan smiled wide. "If someone wants me to prosecute some kids for selling eel sperm, then that is what I am going to do."
"Sure." Pat shook his head. "Except this isn't even illegal yet. There is no law against injecting sperm into your arm. Are you going to prosecute kids for eating play-dough now too?"
"If someone tells me too." Dan rocked back and forth on his heels. "A few teenagers are dead. The defendant sold them the eel sperm and told them it would get them high."
"Does it?" Malorn turned his chair away from his desk to look out his window. There wasn't much scenery to see from his corner office, but he enjoyed watching the people walk past outside. It reminded him of why he had accepted the opportunity to be a judge.
"Does it what?" Dan paused.
"Get them high. Does it work as a narcotic?" The judge started to tap his heel against the wheel of his chair.
"In the correct doses." Dan shook his head and shrugged. "But you know teenagers. Nobody told them what the right doses were. They were sold a bunch, and they took a bunch. Killed them as much as any other drug kills a person."
"My client was selling it as a joke. There was no intention of his friends actually injecting it." Pat folded his hands across his lap and released a sigh. "It isn't a narcotic. It isn't illegal."
"Doesn't matter." Dan smiled again, only glancing at Pat out of the corner of his eye. "If the narcotic bit doesn't stick, there is the aspect of manslaughter. Two teenagers are dead off this practical joke." He looked down at the judge, his face stiffening. "If a practical joke was the intention."
"Right." Malorn spun his chair back around to face the two lawyers. Their demeanor were almost the complete opposite. He had worked with them both before, and he understood what their actions implied. Dan had a case, and Pat was uncertain that he would be able to defend his client. "Eel sperm is not a narcotic." He gave an apologetic look to Pat. "But two teenagers are dead because of your client. I am sorry to say, but this case is going to court."
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