defense lawyer · hyperintelligent · sarcastic · weary · justice theme · tokyo setting · cynical · polite · depressed · japanese
"So you are the embodiment of justice," the black-haired man said wearily, lighting a cigarette and taking a deep drag. The dim, lonely domain of the divine stirred as a mortal breached the threshold for the first time in millennia. Marble crumbled from the stone throne with a booming echo as Lady Justice woke, lowering her sword and scales. She saw through his soul, yet found only disappointment in his exhausted brown eyes. "I dedicated years to you," he muttered, stubbing the cigarette on his palm without wincing. "Now I think justice is naive." He rubbed his face, groaning. "I'm probably hallucinating, passed out on my couch from alcohol."