Dirt Nap catches up with Horatio, and gets him out of the Domain, to wait in the Barrens to wait for the next Court, to try again for formal acknowledgement.
"Well, Sir. Do you mind if I ask what you are planning to do different in the next Court?" He asks in a schooled, respectful tone.
They are in a secluded, undeveloped area outside the Sacramento City limits, to the east of the city. The terrain is dry and arid hill country. Dirt Nap has found a little hollow with a dugout tunnel that will be safe from any daylight when the night is over.