Chase's jaw dropped, staring at Erran for a moment as if his hair was on fire. Next to him in the judge's seat, Oliver stifled both a sigh and a shake of his head. So, this was how it was going to go down. Fucking great.
After a few seconds Chase seemed to shake himself back into the present, taken aback by the fact that he seemed to be the one on trial now, and by someone who was supposed to be helping people. The look of disgust he shot at Erran was blatant enough, but after a second he replied. "First off, I made the traps because someone broke into my room and stole things from me." Someone, because he wasn't enough of an asshole to bring Marco's name up in a trial that had absolutely nothing to do with it. "I made traps for other people too so they could do the same thing. Because they didn't feel safe. People got hurt because someone else broke in and took them. Kiley was one of those people who got hurt too, so if this is suddenly turning into me being on trial then get your fucking facts straight."
He pointed a finger at Simms. "And as far as that fucker's concerned, Juno was already screaming at him to stop. He didn't, and I'm sorry, but you weren't fucking here the day he first showed up. There were half a dozen people there when he took Jack hostage and he didn't back down. It took Cecilia sneaking up behind him and knocking him on his ass to stop it, and she still needed other people to help after. So there was a fucking precedent, or whatever the hell you want to call it. I didn't have five other people, I had an axe that I didn't actually use on him like I could have." Should have. "He's bigger than me and Juno combined. I wasn't gonna give him the chance to do to Juno what he did with Jack because I didn't have help there to stop it. So, fuck yes he was an active threat, and once Juno was out of reach I didn't do anything else to him. He was a threat even after I broke his fingers when he attacked Lennon. And you're damn right I said to get rid of him. Fuck no, that opinion hasn't changed, and if he threatens anyone in this room again I'll kill him myself."