Let's look at the context. [ Elizabeth says dryly. ] We were deciding her fate. If we wanted to try her, but still abstain... she was viewed as a killer. Her freedom would be stripped from her, innocent of guilty, and dangled in front of her.

[ She doesn't seem too pleased, but she lets her mask slip a little. ]

Have you heard of Tantalus? It's some.. [ hand wave. ] Greek myth.