For a moment, Diarmuid hesitated. This wasn't proper. The list of crimes that Ian Hanrahan had just been accused of had just grown explosively in length. To the trained inquisitor, each one would need to be documented and investigated. It wasn't just important in order to hold the baron accountable for what sounded like a litany of abuses of his power as a lord, but to prevent others from escaping justice while the baron became a convenient scapegoat for other criminals.
And yet… Between the intense, bloodthirsty aura radiating off the woman sitting on the throne and the equally bloodthirsty and aggrieved mood of the common people gathered in the great hall, Diarmuid didn't feel confident in asking for time to investigate all of these crimes. Doing so would only drag things on for months while he investigated, and if he was honest with himself, it would change nothing in the end.
