when the bet is lost...

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"That dragon was miles away" I said, starting to feel tierd of their questions, But i didn't reveal it

[observer]

"It was close enough to put these people at risk." One of them said, gesturing to the women and children. "And there's still the matter of you trying to finish off the king. I was there when you and that brute had the dragons attack the castle." A tall guy said, likely referring to when Bob and the others had tried to save the kings life.

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"Your beloved queen tried to kill your king, we tried to stop her but we were to late"

[observer]

"That's not what the soldiers said." "They also told us you killed your brother. Three of the men here even saw you throw him from the tower window clear as day." One said, getting nods from the three that bore witness. Rea looked up a Jaina worriedly. She tugged on the princess's dress, wanting to tell her something.

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"you trust a woman and her men, who has done nothing but done evil to you and the village, and when she's suddenly the only one of our family left, she is the good one? Have the thought that it was maybe her who killed my brother and my father? what has she done, that makes you trust her more than me?" I said, realising that this might be harder than I first thought

[observer]

Some of the men looked at each other, doubt in their eyes. Suddenly an arrow shot through her dress, between her legs, and hit the tree behind her. "I have the best eyes in our village. I know what I saw. You killed the prince." A young man said, only causing Rea to tug a bit harder on Jaina' dress.

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"and where exactly where you standing?" I said, wondering why exactly they were trying to get my out of the way

[observer]

"The top of the south tower." He said. As Jaina thought about where the south tower was she found it was the closest tower in relation to the tower her brother had been thrown from. From there it would be easy to see whoever was standing in the tallest towers window."The queen felt my skills would be best served high enough to see everything." He said.

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"and with my sister using magic and all, it wouldn't be possible she made herself shorter to look kind of similar to me?" I said, now starting to wonder if my sister had used magic on them aswell

[observer]

Rea nodded in agreement. "I saw her with lots of strange vials." She said, causing more men to lower their weapons in question.

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"She was the one using magic the whole time, manipulating you to think I was the bad one" I said, knowing that it might be a lie. But I needed to convince them that I was not the evil one.

[observer]

While the men looked at each other in uncertainty a couple women brought forth a woman with her mouth sown shut and her eyes plucked out. "Mala was one of the queen's servants. She may not know how to write but she's been agitated by these words against the queen." One of the women said, bringing her before Jaina.

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"Are you worried she will do that to you if you oppose her?" I said, trying to see if i had understood the situation correctly

[observer]

Some of the men looked away, while others looked back at women in the group. The archer though was looking down at the servant woman who was drawing something in the dirt. There were a number of images showing a stick figure with a crown dipping a vial into a cauldron and drinking it, the figure changing some as its hair grew longer and its height dropped.

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I wasn't entirely surprised, but i hoped the bystanders would now realize that my sister wasn't innocent. I looked around at the men, to see how they would react this her drawings