The ordinance wants a decision the body has already made, which means the body has to be asked, and Mione is extremely good at asking bodies.

CorvinaDo not let her finish. I am sorry to be crude at a moment like this but the warrant is clear and a finished body has decided nothing.

MioneThen I will not let her finish. Look at me, Malfoid. You are going to stay on this rope and I am going to be the reason.

The bell is still going. It is half past one. Somewhere above them a great bronze thing is being swung by a decision that has not arrived.