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"So panicked that she fell asleep?"

"She was probably tired Didn’t you see for yourself what she looks like?"

"Oh I’ve seen more than you did That’s a man’s cloak she has on her shoulders"

Cotiso turned to look at the girl She was still on her knees answering the guard’s jeering questions and taking his kicks to her thigh without objection

"The bandits in these parts will try anything It’s an a that"

"Who’s leading this convoy you orit"

"You tell me that you actually fell for that? Open your eyes A lost slave sleeping in thefor her Master! Got a Roman coin for a seal! Lost her clothes, found a cloak in the woods, and got this dirty, all in half a day?"

"No, I don’t believe any of it But I’ your assumptions either It’s too obvious to be a trap"

"Obvious or not, we’re leaving her behind"

"No we’re not"

"You─"

"I’irl alone in the wild like this, I won’t have a sin like that onus now"