"What? You originally borrowed only 20 Ducats?! What? They've been chasing you for the debt, not paying means death?... You fled to this heathen land to seek the Queen's support and protection from the debt collectors? Hmm... You could ask the Queen to order them to simply forgive the debt, just with one word from the Queen..."
"Ah? Isn't he one of those lowly money lenders? He's collecting debts for the Church and nobility, with a lot of Slavic guards?... What?! He's actually a Jew who betrayed Jesus?!"
Sparse pine trees stand along the riverbank like the Lord's long spears piercing the sky. The long river bridge sways with the shadows of trees, shadows that include the shapes of people. Looking closely upwards, one would find three hanging skeletons on the pine trees. Those three skeletons, two large and one small, were clearly killed by the Cross Inquisition, a Moorish heretic family.
