[The judge is taken aback and asks again, 'Are you ready, Prosecutor Sahdmadhi?', which is somehow more effective than the fist-coughing in snapping him out of it. Nahyuta slowly opens his eyes, and smiles serenely up at the judge and over to the defence.]

... My apologies. I was offering my prayers to the victim, so that she may begin her journey to the Twilight Realm. The prosecution is now ready; let us begin the last rites of the victim.

[This is now a funeral service and not a court of law, apparently. Hopefully Lior came prepared.]