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“Whoa, whoa,” Alistair called, his hands raised up around his head as he tried to gesture in surrender. He stared the woman down in front of him, glancing from her to the children at her side, and felt himself frowning. “I don’t mean any harm,” he assured as he tried to not stare down the arrow pointed straight between his eyes. “I just - ”
Well, it seemed silly now. A king, wandering from his party because he was distracted by a noise. But he’d always been a bit silly. “I heard children’s voices. This area... Isn’t safe right now. I thought there might be danger - Or at least that they would be, all the way out here. You’re not... You’re not passing through just yourselves, are you?”











