[Mkguild] RR: Rimme's part, following Indy/Kamau's

[Rimme the Weasel]

The inn went very quiet as Jerrod's accusations hung in the air. The boy
levelled Jerrod with a blank look. "It seems to me, sir, that you or your
companions are suffering from severely bad luck. Could it be that there is
someone else to blame for your own misfortune?"

The frog man did his best to intervene. "My friend, I think you are
suffering from what I like to call 'dry head'. What you need is a bit more
sauce on your bones. Barkeep! Another round for the table!"

The frog hadn't won much or lost much in this game, but it was still
Jerrod's money that the frog had taken and spent as he liked. Jerrod could
have taken each of them down with his fists. If he got his knife or spear
off the kid's hands, he could take down both of them. The thought of the
City Watch never crossed his mind.

Fortunately for him, Gawyn and Reed ran into the room. Gawyn fixed a look
at Jerrod's belt, conspicuously free of weapons, the coin purse empty.
"What's going on? Is there any trouble here?"

Jerrod shot him a hostile look. "This boy is a cheat and a scoundrel. And I
will find out how he cheated me!"

"I think you've spent enough coin for today," Gawyn said as he and Reed
pulled him up. Jerrod resisted at first, but gave in. There was no point in
starting a fight yet. "Come on, I just heard there's a stranger who came
into town. He may be willing to buy our rugs. If his gold's good, we'll be
out of here by tomorrow."

Jerrod frowned but followed him out, still glowering over his bitter loss.

"Cheer up," Reed whispered. "We'll be out of here soon."

Jerrod glared at him, spun on his heels, and shouted over the murmur of the
inn: "This isn't the end of it!"

The boy watched them leave. He shrugged and took back his twenty gold
crowns. He and the frog exchanged looks, then began looking around the room
for another mark.
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