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Are the scars genuine? Garnae mused, as Thomas revealed them. Or are they from a different source, perhaps, a Gondorian soldier working for justice?
But the group seemed to lack any shadow of doubt, and Garnae knew he would need to choose his words carefully. Trouble was, he was never much of a word-bender. "I do not trust Zach either. I am merely being - cautious. Perhaps if I had known you for longer I would trust you more Thomas. As I said, there is too much deception not to be careful. I will continue with the quest, uneasy though I may be," he stated. "Think not that I have taken the side of this outlaw. Zach has destroyed many homes in the village and in the employ of Samuel.
"Think! He is most likely to be the swine who torched my home. I am merely trying to serve us for the greater good, and protect Cordelia." But does she agree with me? his other side thought.
"As I said, I will go on, but I fear there is a chance, small but present, that we will be stabbed in our beds." He realised that those last words brought off the wrong impression on Thomas, but there was no retracting them, they were said.
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