"The trial date is in two weeks, but I'm not optimistic. It's already been pushed back twice." Elliot lifted his shoulders in a casual shrug. "No one ever accused a government of being frugal with taxpayer money. Frugality. Another small-town value ignored." Well. At least prison hadn't robbed the mad scientist of his sense of humor?
"How are things on the outside, now that Dorothy's poured her bucket of water over the Wicked Witch? Smug, I'd imagine."