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“Ha, what they don’t know don’t hurt ’em Besides, I pay the bastards an unfair share to be left alone the et what they want out of it, and if they’re happy, I’m happy”

Mara didn’t get it

“Ha, there’s s out of your ears Best you try not to understand it”

“What?” Mara put his hands up to his ears

“It’s a saying, you stupid little bastard” Favian shook his head, then looked forward

Mara felt stupid Hoas I supposed to know?

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the woman on the square shouted, “please welcome our first dispute”

The croild, shouting and singing, as two skinny men that looked like farmers made their way onto the square

“Silence,” a guard shouted several times

The duke shuffled some papers in front of him “A dispute for the love of a Miss Gloria… Battersmill Death, unconsciousness, or yield Either party old coins” He looked up from his papers “No?”

Both men on the square shook their heads

The duke nodded Four guards in black ar in each corner of the square with a golden shield Another man dressed in white stood between the two men

“Fighting over a fucking wo with these people? Women are a waste of everyone’s time,” Favian said “Over here, you”

A dirty young e pouch that jingled as he moved Is that all coins in there?

“Either of those peasants favourite?” Favian asked the dirty man