Atrapes kept quiet throughout the walk through the ship, only asking questions and marking the answers down on a datapad. The other Judicials were completely silent.

“I can find no real abuse of powers or avoidable deaths within this other than the death of the Trandoshan,” Atrapes finished, placing the stylus into the datapad and the datapad into his pocket. “Given the circumstances, even that seems unavoidable.”

Tell remained silent, remembering that the Judicial was following his own set of standards; one in which every criminal possible was brought down alive for questioning and incarceration. He was a Judicial, and they were Jedi, and one's objectives and goals were not the other's. Still, the man's tone seemed to hide something small, which the Gossam assumed to be his opinion of them.

The security droid was standing guard, and Cho nodded. The droid stepped to the side, and Atrapes pressed the key to open the door.

The door slid open, and all the prisoners looked up; Merik still seemed to have that crushing sense of despair about him.

“Stand up, face the wall, and place your hands behind your backs,” Atrapes ordered as the Judicials entered the room. Zeedor looked as if he wanted to fight for a moment, but followed orders; Nix instantly complied while Merik slowly stood himself and faced the wall.

“How's the kids?” Nix asked conversationally while his wrists were placed in the binders.

“Take them to the cells,” Atrapes ordered, ignoring the Twi'lek. The prisoners where paraded down the halls back out the ship. Atrapes stopped and turned to face the Jedi.

“I thank you again for you assistance,” he said. “If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.”

Kizael and Cho nodded, and watched the Judicial walk off to the palace. Outside the ship were two handmaidens waiting.

“If you would follow us to your rooms,” one said. The other nodded, and the four entered the palace themselves.

“You spoke with Judicial Atrapes?” asked one, a cheerful looking young woman with brown hair. “How was it? He doesn't talk much to anyone, so a lot of people say a lot of things about him.”