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The Thieves Guild,

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by Jake Care.

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Episode 7:

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Back to the Four Corners.

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Rafe had assumed Raylan was dead. He watched from
a dark corner as the guard

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slammed his friend's forehead again and again into
the heavy wooden table,

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all for something that Rafe had done.

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He was ashamed that he didn't jump in and let them
all know the truth.

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He had thrown the tomato. It was all his fault.

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What made him feel worse was that his perception
of Raylan was all wrong.

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He had been seething as Raylan recounted the story
of his heroic toss at the

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knight.

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Somehow, Raylan always got the credit when nothing
went wrong, and Rafe got the blame when

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they were caught. He was on the verge of breaking
off their friendship when Deputy

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Carch walked in.

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And even as he was having his head slammed against
a table, Raylan didn't once say that

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it was Rafe who had thrown the tomato.

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There was an honor in Raylan that Rafe had never
recognized.

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Sure, it was easy to see his brashness and his
hatred for authority,

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and his joy in driving his brother mad, but Rafe
was starting to think that

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underneath it all was some kind of noble pursuit.

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He didn't know what that pursuit was, but the
moment that Rafe discovered that Raylan

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was alive, he knew he wanted to be a part of it.

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(bell ringing)

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He had returned to the Four Corners that evening,
feeling depressed and helpless.

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All he wanted to do was drink some ale, remember
his friend, and see if anyone had

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any news. The entire atmosphere of the inn changed
in the evening,

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with older apprentices and masters from various
guilds relaxing after a

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day of labor, replacing the younger apprentices
and guildless who inhabited

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the inn during the day.

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One thing hadn't changed however: Raylan was the
center of attention.

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This time, however, it wasn't his storytelling,
but rather the news that he had been

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elevated to guild master thief. At a table near
the back, Rafe

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noticed several of the young apprentices who had
been listening and laughing to Raylan

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earlier. He hurried over for news.

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And my brother has a slingshot. With the cage, it
will be difficult, but

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I swear I'm going to hit him in the eye with a
piece of gravel.

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How great will it be to have a guild master thief
with an eyepatch?

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The whole table laughed as the harvest apprentice
covered his eye with his hand,

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and squinted with his other one.

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(laughs)

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Rafe stood in the background, listening to them
all.

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Kyral, the young apprentice who cheered the
loudest at Raylan's story, discussed

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how he had saved up some rotten tomatoes to throw
at Raylan.

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Another apprentice talked about how they should
donate crowns to a pot, and whoever drew blood

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first would win the entire prize.

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He had debated storming in and embarrassing them
all, berating them for their

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childishness and lack of support for their friend.

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Even if Raylan wasn't a friend to them, he shared
a story with them that caused him to

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get beaten severely. Certainly that counted for
something.

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But he couldn't.

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Rafe cursed himself as he shuffled out of the inn.

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He just couldn't stand confrontation at such a
personal level.

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He could incite chaos, and he had done so many
times at Raylan's goading,

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but he just couldn't stand arguing with someone or
a group of people.

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Hit and run. Yeah, that's how I operate.

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While Rafe considered it a somewhat demeaning
strategy, it was what he knew best.

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Now he just needed to find a way to help Raylan by
hitting and running.

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Of course, before he could do that, he had to find
him, and he had no idea where Raylan

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was. He asked everyone he knew, and no one had
ever considered where Pietro lived.

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As far as they knew, he just wandered the streets.

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It was deep into the night before he gave up.

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He returned to his quarters with a simple plan: he
would wait for Raylan at the end of the

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Founder's Day Parade. He couldn't help his friend
get through that ordeal, but he would be

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there for him at the end. As he lay his head down
on his straw mat and closed his

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eyes, an exciting possibility entered Rafe's mind.

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He could join the Thieves Guild.

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He thought of dashing feats of robbery, where he
would steal from the

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mansions in the Upper Triangle and give the
proceeds to the poor folks in the

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flats or even the Old Quarter. He pictured himself
roaming the streets in his

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ominous black robe, the knights hunting him down
while citizens cheered him

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on. He fell asleep and dreamt of countless
adventures, all involving a

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black robe and plenty of daring.

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Could being a thief really be that bad?

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(instrumental music plays)