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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2243368" data-attributes="member: 18280">&quot;No,&quot; said the miller.&nbsp; &quot;If I am to die, let it be here and now, where my family can mourn me.&nbsp; I do not forgive you for my son's death, and I never shall.&nbsp; But my family has suffered enough.&nbsp; Let us make an end to it.&nbsp; I feel grief for the sacrifices that were forced upon us this winter, but I know also that they were necessary, and that they saved more lives than were lost.&nbsp; I know this to be true.&nbsp; Sometimes sacrifices are necessary.&nbsp; Let this be the last.&quot;OOG:&nbsp; Wolfheart is correct; you are less than a day's ride from Selby-by-the-Water.&nbsp; It would be possible to deliver the miller, have a good night's rest, and be back by morning.&quot;No,&quot; said the miller again.&nbsp; &quot;I throw myself upon your mercy instead.&nbsp; Determine what is just.&nbsp; Before all these people, I concede your authority.&quot;&nbsp; He looked up with anger in his eyes.&nbsp; &quot;Do you think I don't know what awaits me in Selby?&nbsp; Full well, too well, I know what a stinking morass their Pit is, where they keep prisoners awaiting trial.&nbsp; Open to the sky, and two feet of water -- more perhaps, in the spring.&nbsp; What needs a trial when disease can eat a man slowly while he waits?&nbsp; Think you that would be a mercy?&quot;&nbsp; He stood and eyed the dwarf.&nbsp; &quot;Well willing you were, to kill me before.&nbsp; Has your heart softened now?&nbsp; Must I draw weapon and force you to fight?&quot;&nbsp; He looked down again.&nbsp; &quot;I have no weapon on me now.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 2243368, member: 18280"] "No," said the miller. "If I am to die, let it be here and now, where my family can mourn me. I do not forgive you for my son's death, and I never shall. But my family has suffered enough. Let us make an end to it. I feel grief for the sacrifices that were forced upon us this winter, but I know also that they were necessary, and that they saved more lives than were lost. I [I]know[/I] this to be true. Sometimes sacrifices are necessary. Let this be the last." [COLOR=Red][B]OOG: Wolfheart is correct; you are less than a day's ride from Selby-by-the-Water. It would be possible to deliver the miller, have a good night's rest, and be back by morning.[/B][/COLOR] "No," said the miller again. "I throw myself upon your mercy instead. Determine what is just. Before all these people, I concede your authority." He looked up with anger in his eyes. "Do you think I don't know what awaits me in Selby? Full well, too well, I know what a stinking morass their Pit is, where they keep prisoners awaiting trial. Open to the sky, and two feet of water -- more perhaps, in the spring. What needs a trial when disease can eat a man slowly while he waits? Think you that would be a mercy?" He stood and eyed the dwarf. "Well willing you were, to kill me before. Has your heart softened now? Must I draw weapon and force you to fight?" He looked down again. "I have no weapon on me now." [/QUOTE]

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