Characters never lie:
“They’re looking for the princess,” said Sigurda. “I understand the Believers have mobilized the town against the devil.”
Sigfried raised an eyebrow. “That stink of other magic?”
“Must be,” said Sigurda.
“We have to find some way to avoid suspicion.”
“I think anyone will be considered suspicious at this point,” said Sigurda. “I think the author had best move our scene to earlier so that she can have us posing as tourists in the town before the lock down.”
“That seems fair to me,” said Sigfried.
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Laryngitis continues to kick my butt, but I am putting in some word count tonight, darned it! I’ve modified my word count to 1700 a day, to get back on schedule.
17818 / 90000 words. 20% done!