The courtroom went silent as the magistrate entered sat down and read the brief. She looked at the gallery. Tarin was sitting with his entourage of lawyers. Number #1 was chained to a chair. Biddle was pacing back and forth near the door. " The case before me seems to be a fairly simple matter,"she started, " This clone, has no legal rights in our system. Under current patent law my initial feeling is that it should be returned to the rightful owner. I also has been brought up that since the progenitor has been terminated that all successive clones should face disposition." She shuffled the papers and looked over at Number#1. "It can also be argued that since no progenitor exists that the clone has become independent of the source. In running to a church to seek solace, and through other acts the clone has demonstrated an independent will and anima. This presents a further difficulty in that one clones singularity forces consideration of the others as singularities and this is the matter for the court to decide: whether to collectively dispose of nonfunctional collectives, or treat each as an individual bringing them up to full status as citizens within our society." "Since this is a matter for debate, I will entertain both sides before rendering a decision. Baliff, who's first on the list of testimonials?" The baliff glanced at his clipboard " Sigfried Toker, a fellow worker of the deceased". "Mr Toker are you in the courtroom? Please come to the podium." 022