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You come to a village where a priest of Ebron, dressed in ragged robes, and looking as if he hasn't washed in weeks, is addressing a crowd of peasants. He is exhorting them to kill a dog that belongs to the local shepherd.
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'This foul beast,' he yells, pointing at the dog, 'has committed heresy! It has herded sheep on a day sacred to Ebron, and must suffer for its crime.'
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The priest goes on to say how the peasants will also be guilty in the eyes of Ebron if they don't enforce the holy laws. He rants on, a fanatic gleam in his eye. The villagers are soon whipped into a fervour, and prepare to do the dastardly deed.
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<choice section="74">Leave them to it</choice>
<choice section="339">Intervene</choice>
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