The law is a complicated thing that touches all aspects of our lives, be it in a discreet indirect manner or a direct controlling fashion. My work is difficult, but I take pride in what I do and what I have achieved.

[ Crossing one outstretched leg over the other, Neuvillette considers the question posed to him. He's handled tens of thousands of cases over these past centuries, with many of them standing out in one way or another. When it comes to historically significant cases, Vautrin standing trial for murder comes to mind—it was through his actions and Carole's self-sacrifice that the Melusines began to solidify their place in Fontainian society.

Ah, but perhaps that might be a little too dark to tell in front of a fireplace like this. He'll have to think of something less significant but still memorable in some fashion... ]

Sixty years ago, a man was charged with shooting another man in the stomach during a bar fight. His defense attorney, Beaussant, posited that victim had actually shot himself trying to withdraw his pistol while rising to stand. To prove his theory, Beaussant decided to give the court a visual demonstration of what he believed had happened. Selecting a pistol he believed to be unloaded, he then accidentally fired it into his abdomen as he pulled it out of his pocket.