The party continues its walk into the town with the only audible sounds being those of their footfalls against the dirt, and even that seems to be muffled. The fog lays low against the ground that the mounted Elastial can see above it while the rest can barely across the street. The view doesn't offer the paladin much. All the doors are closed, the windows with shutters are shuttered, and besides the party, the street is completely devoid of life. As they approach the center of town, there is a crossroad extending to both sides, and Elastial can tell they have a slight curve, as if they were on a circle with the center being the center of town.

Farther ahead, Elastial can see the faint glow of an artificial light at about the same level he is riding at.

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The guy on the ground is most certainly not on the ground anymore, and he now stands behind the guard who had hit the bard. The latter stopped mid-swing as Hansi started to talk, too focused on the bard's magic to do anything but stare awkwardly with his club raised slightly above his head. His wounded partner, however, answers for him in a weak voice, "Even if you try to feign innocence, everyone will know that you were the one who cut me, but it is only the least of your crimes, even those you committed in this town."