Facing Perfikot's curiosity, Shabelle calmly said, "Although you may kill recklessly and are indeed influenced by the emotions brought on by killing, it is not your true intention, and you have not indulged in it.
The focus of heretical faith lies in the belief itself, not in the actions taken, for the heretical actions involved are, after all, some common behaviors in everyday life, and only when they are radicalized can they be regarded as heretical actions.
Some of your actions, although from an ordinary person's perspective, may already qualify as heretical, but you are a favored child under the protection of the All-Father, and His blessings are upon you; a few actions that cross boundaries are not a problem."
Clearly, this Judge of the Heretical Judicial Court must have been briefed by someone before coming to Perfikot, or perhaps she had conducted an investigation on Perfikot beforehand.
