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Aina watched her friend leave. This was maddening, everyone having to decide. But no one had said they were a werewolf, not the innkeeper, nor Fordim as Nim had suggested. How did Nim know that he was a werewolf? Maybe she was only guessing. Perhaps I must make a guess to? But what if who I guess is not a werewolf and I have lied? I don't want to lie, or to have any part in slaying a friend or a villager. But the werewolves must be stopped, because they slay friends and villagers. How am I supposed to choose? If the innkeeper is hanged, then who will look after his poor wife? And what of Fordim? Surely he can't be a werewolf, he looks like a villager! But wait, werewolves transform from humans to monsters.
Aina was very confused indeed. She looked around frantically for some kind of guidance, some logic that would bring light and truth and safety.
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