Mary did not expect that what awaited her the next day would be unimaginable busyness.
Before dawn, officials from the Upper City knocked on her door; they came to report.
This took Mary by surprise because Ave had mentioned over the phone that the public trial would push her to oppose the upper echelons of Oasis City, the armed forces controlling the entire city, waiting for her possible uprising.
People in extreme despair will make desperate decisions, even if they know their private soldiers are no match for a Saint.
Therefore, Ave proposed another scheme — to divide the officials and private soldiers.
The public trial's other significance lay here; she publicly forgave the servants working in Hawke's house, thus sending a signal to those uncertain in the Upper City that as long as they weren't deeply involved in the officials' "business," there was still a chance to turn back.
This was also why things were so calm last night.
