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guards men, but if E
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Disguised as honest women, then, they haggle and cajole
A payment from a businessman whose first and foremost goal
Is vengeance for a daughter lost in one of the attacks.
He figures hell deduct it when the King collects his tax.
Three arent what they seem: the guard who guards a secret plot,
The lady whos no lady, and the maiden who is not.
One among the guardsmen drips with gems of costly size.
The witch perceives he also wears a magical disguise.
You might think this alone would be a giveaway right there,
But theyre too busy plotting out their strategy to care.
Three things are no fun: the answer right before your eyes,
A poker hand thats folded, and a fight where no one dies.
From ambush, as expected, bandits swarm to claim their prize.
The maiden has a mercenary gleam in her cold eyes.
The lady does her nails while all her guardsmens blood is spilled.
They cannot prove their innocence except by being killed.
Three things are most perilous: a victim with a grin,
A secret youre not in on, and a test that you c
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