[bvw]

He's been acclamated to his new situation, and has had plenty of time to prepare himself mentally while in the gaol. The van Dam's meanwhile have been out on the town and doing all the media blitzing, surrounded by well-wishers, they surely have had less time to prepare for the stress of trial.

[MizSterious]

Must be hard to prepare for a trial in between all those rave parties and shopping trips--finding a good BMW to lease takes time, after all.