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ZEMBLAN LAWYER Your honor, his claims are ridiculous! A man living a life of secrecy would never reveal his deepest secrets to strangers unless he had to! AMERICAN LAWYER So why reveal his identity now? ZEMBLAN LAWYER Because... AMERICAN LAWYER I’m listening. JUDGE Prosecution, this is not the time for childish goading. Finish your opening statement. AMERICAN LAWYER Yes, your honor. As I said, the defense will rely on evidence that is full of holes and is even denied by their client within the work in question. I hope to show you all that this be- lief of kingship is rooted in Kinbote’s complete rejec- tion of the truth. Kinbote himself says: (He holds up another poster board, which reads:) Page 130: "... "reality is neither the subject nor the object of true art which creates its own special reality having nothing to do with the average "reality" perceived by the communal eye." 28