>>5731238>>5731258Indeed
>>5731259>>5731273>>5731365>>5731368By Saint Denis this could only be devilry !
>>5731809>>5731869Finally, after a moment or reflexion you declared that.
-A dog is like a vassal to it's master it protects him and the master gives him land, or in this case shelter, and food. So we can consider that the dog acted out of loyalty.
The shepherd seemed happy for his dog before you continued.
-But then we have the problem of you two, young men... Do you deny doing what you were accused of ?
The lumberjack, showing courage, admitted his fault in a few words.
-We did it, I did it and I am sorry for this... It lead to the death of a friend and I blame only myself... It...
You looked at the other one who nodded too, too afraid to say something. He simply told.
-I ... I was only looking for intruders. As a lookout.. I...
You made him a sign with your hand to be silent.
-Where did you find the wood and the iron for the doors ?
The lumberjack answered.
-We took the wood from what we needed to give to Otherone, and the iron... Well I have bought it, a door, in a village near Podunk when I had to drive my cart there.
So he had the courage to ride in the steppe, brave man. But this was not important.
They had recognised their guilt, there was no need to torture them to make them recognise it, only the punishment remained. You ignored if you should hang them for trying to murder their lord, after all you fell into their trap only because one of them fell, to save her. You could not chop their hand for theft, they had stolen some wood from the sawmill's owner probably but let us be honest he probably would not want to have his name associated with all of this and you took his bribe. So no hand chopping. What remained ? Some kind of fraud ? After all they made the people afraid, and maybe wanted some money to "free" them from the ghost, and they wanted to deceive the adventurer's guild of Podunk, even if you never cared for these armed vagrants.
On the other side they had, instead of telling the truth, tried to deceive you and this could be a good pretext to cut off their tongues, but they then pleaded guilty and admitted their faults when their friend was in danger. What will be your decision ?
