The courtroom fell into an eerie silence, broken only by the desperate sobs of a young, pregnant woman standing barefoot on the cold floor. A cold-hearted official, blinded by her own self-importance, marched toward her, demanding that she be removed from her sight. But just as the woman’s spirit seemed to shatter, a towering figure—an old guard—stepped into the light. With a look that carried the weight of decades, he turned to the official and uttered words that froze the air: “I have known her longer than this place has existed.” In that instant, the power dynamic shifted entirely; the official, once untouchable, stood stunned, realizing that the woman she had mocked was the very reason she held her position at all.
