Gorosk had been wrong it seemed, about the woman.  He'd thought there were some truth in the accusations against her.  Unlawful hunting, conspiring with beasts, disturbing cursed ground, and uttering curses.  Why had he given the militia the benefit of the doubt, when he had been a victim of such false claims himself.  Uttering curses had simply been the odd tongue of her people, unlawful hunting was a rather strange concept in these days, but he had been ready to go along with the claims.  The holy men had judged them all free from evils they had stood accused of.  All of them.  Innocent in the eyes of the divine, but guilty in the eyes of man.  Guilty of breaking some law or tradition against the land and against the King.

Gorosk wondered what crimes those might be.  They were to find themselves in service to the temple, to wipe the slate clean for these crimes.  In exchange their "debt" would be considered paid and they would be free men, and women, once more.  Yet they were free from the evils they had been accused of and innocent in the eyes of the divine.  This smelled of politics, were they caught up in such games of men? 

He could do little to disguise the doubt on his face.  To be found innocent in the eyes of the divine, but forced to serve the will of the land, or the King.  It might be legal, but it seemed wrong.  Gorosk looked to the priest, who seemed surprised at the verdict, then back at the Justice.  He made eye contact with the justice and shook his head, No, slowly in response to his question, then continued to try to assess precisely what was going on with the two of them.  Were they sincere in this, what was the motive here, was this the judgement of the gods that they should pay for whatever law of man they had broken or a more mundane trick to free them of their shackles but keep them imprisoned.

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