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Doctor Winter says this to Mayor Orden as the two friends discuss Alexander Morden’s upcoming trial. In this moment, Orden has just asked Winter why the conquerors think it’s necessary to hold a trial for Alex in the first place, since it’s indisputable that the young man killed Captain Bentick. Furthermore, the entire process of justice is clearly a ruse, since the invaders quite obviously have no intentions of pardoning Alex. What’s important about Winter’s response to these questions is his assertion that the trial’s primary purpose is to uphold a semblance of “form” and order. The passage highlights one…