Charis
"Mr Riggs, do you understand the charges against you?"
"I…yes, I think so. The data breach, the—"
"Think so?" he interrupted. "This is not a thinking exercise. Do you or do you not understand what you're accused of?"
"Y-yes, I understand," I managed.
"On the night of the fifteenth, you were recorded entering the administrative building at 19:22. Can you explain why you were there, especially after the academy had just issued a curfew to prevent any student from loitering about except members of the Student Council?"
My mind raced. "It wasn't me. I was indoors, I promise. It wasn't me."
"It wasn't you?" the man scoffed. "But the footage captured you, besides the biometrics matched with your existing record that the academy has. What are you saying?"
