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a minute, that can't be right. Maybe it would look
like... You read the blazon your father wrote for you
again and stare at the shield. Could it be... Gawking too
long trying to figure out the right emblazon, you catch
the attention of the guards. One of them grabs you,
demanding to know who you are. You stammer out a name,
and that you are a tradesmans son but none
of the tradesmen at the faire will vouch for you. The
guard is an old hand at spotting phonies, which you, at
this moment, certainly are.
"Most probably an apprentice pickpocket," the
guard decides. The guards at the tourney decide that,
with your nice clothes (nicer than the peasants), you
will make an excellent target for the rotten fruit drunks
throw at the person imprisoned in the stocks. Just more
good, clean fun at the Tourney. This is the kind of thing
that would seem very funny in later years if it were not
for your failure to get your father's message to the
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