Nod.

(Other greys search and cuff their prisoners). "Why?"

"Just checking. Without them breathing down our necks we've got a shot at reversing the killing babies thing, but it helps to be nice to kids generally."

"Be a bit - something - if we took down the Emperor for killing civilians unnecessarily and then killed some two-year-olds to get the point across. No, they'll take care of them."

Nod.

They take the prisoners to Lina. They let the kids stay with their mothers, temporarily. They inform the Emperor that the trial will be the following day.

"By whose authority do you presume to try me?"

"Anitam claims the right by conquest to administer the former Oahk Empire."

"Anitam doesn't have this kind of power. Who are you really?"

"On the Internet they were speculating about time travel."

"I didn't ask what they were speculating on the internet."

"Anitam claims the right by conquest to administer the former Oahk Empire."

"Anitam didn't scoop a bunker out of the desert into the sky."

"The soldiers were in Anitami uniform."

"So you have tailors, that's a start at answering my question."

"They were following the orders of Anitam's elected leaders."

"Anitam doesn't even have a coherent government."

"I guess we got our act together quickly."

"What is it you have against telling me who's behind this? What am I going to do, teleport out of here with the information?"

"The trial's going to be broadcast live, you could maybe embarrass them and get someone annoyed with me."

The Emperor looks disgusted with them.

The greys, who are in fact Anitami born and raised, manage to cope with this. The Emperor gets meals brought regularly. So does his family.

Some of them just eat, a few including the Emperor taste test small quantities and wait.

Nothing seems to go wrong.

Then they will eat the rest after waiting a while.