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The Thieves Guild,

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by Jake Kerr.

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Season four.

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The Order of the Dragon.

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Episode one.

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The Bargaining Chip.

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"I'm not sure I can

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handle this."

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Raylan was alone with Rafe in his quarters, tossed
back in a large plush

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chair in the reception area, while Rafe sat on a
nearby chair, leaning

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forward and listening.

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Raylan had just dismissed everyone, and things
seemed overwhelming.

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Magic existed, and an entirely new city was the
home of it,

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a city that, in the past, broke off access to
Ness.

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Why? It sounded ominous, and Prosper made the
leadership sound worse than

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Larsen.

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What should he do, if anything?

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And Rebecca had stormed off, and Raylan still
didn't know what that was about.

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But Raylan's most pressing concern was Polo and
the remnants of

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whatever leadership was left in the city.

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Quinto seemed reasonable, so having him lead the
knights was a good thing, but

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Orion was clearly worse than Larsen, and he still
had control of the merchant and

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craft guilds.

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Should he just stay out of the way and let Quinto
and Polo handle it?

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"You've handled worse. I've seen it."

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Raylan lifted the paper in his hand and shook it.

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"Not worse than this."

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It was the letter from Polo, and combined with
Vesper's intelligence, it

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appeared that Polo intended to destroy the guild
that had helped his own guild

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members.

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Raylan tossed the note on the floor.

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"Maybe Polo is right. Maybe there is no need for
our guild anymore.

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He's aware of the injustice that so many guild
members face.

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If he works with Quinto and can overcome Orion,
maybe he can right things."

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"Raylan, you're smarter than that.

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You have more disrespect for unearned authority
than anyone. Read the letter again.

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It's full of lies.

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Polo knew that his guild members suffered and he
didn't care.

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He said he would hold Allard, but Vesper just told
us he intended on killing him.

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The only truth in that letter is his intent to
destroy our guild."

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Raylan looked over at his friend.

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"When did you become so wise?" "I'm not wise.

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I just read a lot of books."

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Allard.

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Raylan felt a wave of despair. For nearly
everyone, the Thieves Guild

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was synonymous with Pietro, but for Raylan, it was
Allard, the

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mighty warrior who protected him from Essil's
cruelty in the merchant tower and

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defended him when Larsen tried to assassinate him,

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and so many other moments where Raylan would have
been lost.

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But more than anything, he was the only one who
initially believed in

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Raylan. He didn't dismiss his youth.

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He didn't judge his previous mischievousness.

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He saw in Raylan something that no one else did,
including himself.

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And now, he was gone.

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"So, what do we do? We're alone again.

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The Harvest Guild members will return home.

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Quinto tolerates us, but I'm sure won't defend us,
and Orion wants to kill me and

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destroy us. And his nephew will do whatever Orion
tells him to do.

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It's us against the entire city again, only now,
they know we

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exist." "I don't think things are that dire.

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The Harvest Guild members will be grateful, and
they may sway Polo's opinion.

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And you seem to think that Quinto won't be so much
an enemy as neutral.

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That's already better than before." "Maybe you're
right."

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Raylan pushed aside his despair over Allard's
death the best he could.

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"Polo mentioned his new captain, Rogers.

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How can we have our Rogers meet with his if we
don't know where our Rogers is, or even if

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he's still alive?" "I sent out a group to track
him down, but they haven't reported back.

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Things are still chaotic in the flats and
organizing things is difficult.

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Safe houses are burned down and our guild members
are spread all over."

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Raylan sighed. The city was reorganizing itself,

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and he and the thieves were being excluded.

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He had no way to guarantee the safety of his guild
members.

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"What about the other Ness?"

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At that question, Rafe's attention picked up.

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"We need to launch an organized party through the
mountain to talk to the magicians.

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They are linked to our guild. They are our guild."
"But they are tyrants."

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"That is the word of one man who fled the city.

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Perhaps this Prosper is the evil one." "They
imprisoned Mela, Rafe." "Yes,

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but she broke one of their rules. She said so
herself."

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Raylan could tell that Rafe had convinced himself
that bringing the two cities together

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was critical, and that any evidence to the
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proven.

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"I'll summon him and we can ask him questions.

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Mela seems to trust him at least."

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Before Rafe could reply, Raylan finally smiled.

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"At least Mela is okay, and she has a partner now.

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I have to admit that I didn't think anyone could
tame her.

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But I guess if it was going to be someone, a
warrior woman from deep in the mines makes as much

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sense as anyone."

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Raylan laughed, but Rafe still looked serious.

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"I'm happy for her, but I would like to discuss
with her the other city of Ness.

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There is so much we don't know, and if we are to
travel there, we need as much information as
possible."

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"You're moving too fast. Yes, we will talk with
Mela.

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Yes, we will talk with Prosper, but we have more
serious issues here." "And

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what about this Rebecca? I'm still trying to
understand so many things about her.

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No one remembers seeing her, but she has quarters
in the tower.

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She is allegedly Pietro's granddaughter, and she
lived in Gautland."

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Before Raylan could reply, Rafe stood up suddenly.

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Pietro!

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By the gods, Raylan, things have been so crazy
that I completely forgot about Pietro.

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What about Pietro?

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Rafe was rushing toward the door.

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Where are you going?

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I have a book to show you.

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I'll be right back.

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Minutes later, Rafe struggled to carry two heavy
books into Raylan's study,

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slamming them down on a table to the side.

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Raylan got up and walked over as Rafe began
carefully turning pages of the

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larger of the two books.

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What is it?

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Patience.

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Rafe turned more pages, and Raylan leaned forward
and watched as page

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after page of script turned.

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What book is this?

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It's a ledger of items stored in the guild
warehouse.

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We have a guild warehouse?

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Not anymore. It was burned to the ground hundreds
of years ago in the same conflagration that
created the

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Ash Fields.

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Rafe stopped turning pages.

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Ah-hah, here it is.

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He pointed at a page.

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Look at that name.

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Raylan wasn't a very good reader, but the name was
clearly written below what looked

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like some kind of inventory list.

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Pietro?

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Yes. Now look at this.

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Rafe turned more pages, pointed to the name,
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pages, pointed to the name.

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The name was repeated again and again.

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It's just someone named Pietro. I don't understand
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significance.

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Neither did I, but look here.

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Rafe closed the first book and opened the second.

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This is new.

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Look at the signature.

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It's Pietro. You showed me this before, though.

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This is the history of the Guildmasters written by
Pietro. I don't get it.

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Rafe picked up the book and laid it on the first,
overlapping the pages.

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The hundreds of years old inventory page with the
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signature lay next to the newer book with the
Guildmaster thief Pietro

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signature.

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Raylan was too shocked to reply, until Rafe
forcefully tapped the signature in

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each book one after the other, and then looked at
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Tell me what you see.

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They're the same.

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He was rolled in on a makeshift chair which had
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broad chair legs.

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It was too small for his massive frame, but it
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Covering his legs was a thick blanket.

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Polo was told to be careful, as the man could
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But as Polo walked forward and looked at the
broken mess on the chair, he

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realized that this was someone who wasn't even
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himself, let alone attacking anyone.

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Traitor Allard. I must say you are a difficult man
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kill.

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Polo walked around the rolling chair as Allard
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following his every step. Was that hatred in his
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Polo hoped so.

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Saxe told me that when you saved those outlander
raiders, you killed nearly a squad

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of his men. I didn't believe him, but it appears I
should've, for that wound

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you bear would have killed any normal man, yet

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here you are.

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Family.

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What?

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They were a family, not raiders.

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Polo laughed.

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Do you think I care? Especially after they have
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Polo noticed a change in Allard's face.

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You don't know, do you?

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Yes. The outlanders invaded Ness.

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Polo stood in front of Allard and leaned forward.

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And do you know who fought them off?

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Allard didn't move or say anything.

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My guild members.

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We have saved Ness, and my guild will continue to
save Ness from that craven

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Orion and his nephew.

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Polo started pacing again.

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But that is not your concern.

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I brought you here solely to see if you are in the
condition to do what I need you to do.

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I will not do anything for you.

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That's the good news, traitor. All I need you to
do is live.

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You are my bargaining chip.

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My life isn't worth whatever you're bargaining.

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That is true, but still, you have value in that
I'm told that foolish child, Raylan,

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is fond of you.

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He may see things differently.

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You see, traitor, I don't trust Raylan.

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He has already poisoned the minds of my guild
members.

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He's a liar, and the sooner I rid myself of him,
the sooner I rid

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myself of the thieves.

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To Polo's exasperation, Allard's pained and
defiant expression

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changed to a smile. Why was he smiling?

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What do you find so amusing, traitor?

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You forget that Raylan himself saved your guild on
Founder's Day.

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That was not me, it was him.

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You, Larsen, Orion, you all play your political
games, but the real

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game is what you called poison,

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the truth, Guildmaster. Those are the chips Raylan
wields, not me, not

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an army.

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The truth.

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And you fail to see that in the game Raylan is
playing, your lies have no value.

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You are thieves. You and Pietro have lied about
your guilt for decades.

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Your entire existence is built on lies.

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At that, Allard smiled even wider, which made

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Polo even angrier.

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You have no idea, Guildmaster. You have no idea.

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