'pm' Banished: continue writing

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   <span class="quote speech">Isabelle!</span><br />
   <span class="quote speech">Lucas!</span><br />
   <span class="quote speech">I got banished.</span><br />
-  <span class="quote speech">Wait what?</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">What...?</span><br />
-  The guard in front of her turns around:<br />
+  The guard behind Isabelle gives her a stern look, the one in front of her
+  turns around:<br />
   <span class="quote speech">No chit-chat, move along.</span><br />
   Isabelle takes a moment to understand the implication of what Lucas had
   said.<br />
   <span class="quote speech">...ohhhhh. Congrats!</span><br />
-  The guards grab her by the arms and drag her away from his cell.<br />
+  The guards grab her by the arms and drag her away.<br />
-  <span class="quote speech">Move.</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Move.</span>
-  <span class="comment">Lucas:</span>
+</p>
-  <span class="quote speech">Good luck with your trial!</span>
+<p>
+  They bring her to a room adjacent to the main court room where a bunch
+  of important-looking people in suits are waiting for her. They introduce
+  themselves and they all, including herself, sit down around a somewhat
+  large table. One of the suits takes the word:<br />
+  <span class="comment">Does that work in English?</span><br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Under normal circumstances, robbery,
+  compromising operationally critical systems, and conspiracy of terrorism
+  would land you in <span class="comment">jail? prison?</span> for a long
+  time. We&apos;re willing to make an exception here since you caused rather
+  little actual harm &ndash; if you are willing to accept this deal...</span>
+  <br />
+  He grabs few sheets of paper from his bag <span class="comment">
+  Aktentasche?</span> and slides them over.<br />
+  <span class="quote speech">Basically admit to everything you&apos;re
+  accused of and you will get to leave Sunside Cove. You&apos;ll be free
+  as long as you never come back.</span><br />
+  She absentmindedly acknowledges what he said as she is already reading
+  the first page.<br />
+  <span class="comment">Isabelle questions the deal.<br />
+  What about bogus charge xyz? take it or leave it<br />
+  What are they trying to get out of this deal? avoiding controversy and
+  removing her from the city<br />
+  Are they going to honor it?
+  </span>
+</p>
+<p class="comment">
+  Note: It was always intended that at least some of the rebels who got
+  caught will be released to the outside. However, before starting this
+  chapter, I have never actually considered what this means for the rest
+  of the story. The following chapters weren&apos;t originally written
+  with this in mind and may need to be revised to take it into account.
 </p>
 
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