The Judge looked at Gravis with solemn eyes. "Every time," he said slowly. "Why is it you, every time? We have more traitors than before, but there are still not that many. So, why is it that it's always you stumbling into them?"
Gravis smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his neck. "I just didn't want my children to be under potential traitors. It's not my fault that there actually was one," he said.
The Judge sighed. "I know," he said helplessly. "Tell me how all of this happened."
Who the Judge was should be obvious by now. It was the Grand Elder of the Icy Pride Empire, the white ape.
This explained several things. The traitorous Emperor had said that only a Judge would be able to punish Gravis for his offense of killing an Inquisitor. However, no Judge had arrived to punish Gravis in the last century. Why was that?