Tale 165 told by Bishop on 03.08.2002
New Trickery
I was suspicious of the quiet man in the back booth of
the bar. He seemed too quiet, as if he was stealing
from under my nose. I had dealt with thieves before,
so decided to pull a trap on him. Slipping word out
I contacted the Duke who sent a couple mostly sober
mercenaries to break the thief's spine. I grinned as
the battle began, then saw the thief drop from a blow,
hitting the floor hard and remain unmoving. The two
mercenaries laughed and tipped their hat at me walking
out the door. I hummed to myself as I walked to the
backroom to get the mop bucket and cleanup the lousy
thief's blood. When I returned, the body was gone!
So was my stash from under the counter! What magic
or trickery was this?? I hastily looked around and
checked over my shoulder a few dozen times, but only
found a hastily scratched note: 'Even a cutpurse can
learn from the lord of speed.'
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