NEVA POV
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The problem with Edric Castell attacking Mitch's credibility personally was that Mitch's credibility was what most of our legal response currently sat on.
Mitch understood this better than anyone and was the least visibly bothered by it, which was either a sign of extraordinary composure or the specific calm of a man who'd been building a counter-response since before the attack arrived. With Mitch, it was usually both.
"It won't hold," he said, to the room, to the specific version of the room that had just absorbed the announcement. "The undue influence argument requires evidence of a threat or coercion. Holt signed voluntarily, in the presence of his own counsel." He looked at Ryke. "But Edric knows it won't hold. He's not filing it to win. He's filing it to slow us down
