[Salieri can't help but go still at that, hands clenching on the edge of the table, expression going neutral, pulling that mask into place so he doesn't think about blood, wet and sticking, limbs at odd angles and his arms shaking, trembling as he lifts--

He blinks once, eyes closed perhaps a moment longer than necessary, but--]

...he was...annoyed with us. But he did speak to us, and lowered Janis down from the bubble. He said that there would be no trial, for there were only trials for people. [all reported in a neutral tone] I didn't engage with him much myself, but some of the others did.