As a witness for the House Trial case, Zein had to talk to a prosecutor too. Although, since it was a House Trial, they called her the inquisitor. Interestingly, the person was Radia's aunt--Calix's younger sister, who was the mother of the sisters Zein met on his first visit to the Peak.
It would be Zein's first trial, so, much needed to be done to...set an agreed-upon story. They had to cull any part that would implicate Zein instead--like how he almost killed all of his kidnappers. They wanted to take as much as they could from the Horins, so even though he didn't like it, he had to play the part of a pitiful victim.
"I better gain a lot from this," Zein stared at the prosecutor's team sharply. He didn't mind playing tricks, but he didn't like having to look weak and pathetic--not now that he was a patriarch of a clan.
"Don't worry, Sir Ishtera," Tilia Mallarch smiled confidently. "We can get you their residential compound if you'd like."