It really is ridiculous to think that all of our wishes are equal in weight - or that killing here will actually serve to get us what we want. And don't forget that we have no proof that Hamelin will play by his own rules - there are so many reasons not to play along, but it hardly matters what you think about it when they decide things point towards you.

[It's infuriating to know that there wasn't anything he could have said or done to cast suspicion off of himself, because everything they were accusing him of had some sort of answer. A wound check revealed nothing? There's a potion for that. It was all hearsay, and the fact that the killer got away with it only irritates him more. Someone knew what they were doing in casting suspicion on other people, but he wasn't paying enough attention to the case to even begin solving it himself. Ugh, that sounds like a lot of work, too...]

Well, anyway, I do appreciate your presence here. It's not like me to get so irritated...

[But today has been something else entirely, hasn't it.]