Andre and Mason also noticed the change in Bard's emotions.
"Don't get so worked up," Andre tried to put his arm around Bard's shoulder.
But Bard shook off Andre, staring at Winters, and asked word by word, "So I want to know, what exactly do you want to do by staying here?"
Winters looked at the quietly flowing river and asked in return, "Bard, what happened to the Menai Shoe Society in the story you just told? Did their rebellion succeed?"
"No," Bard responded expressionlessly, "A member went to confess to a priest and leaked the secrets of the Shoe Society. The scale of the Menai Shoe Society spooked all the nobles from the foothill lands. They sent out troops together, capturing and killing. A few leaders of the Shoe Society got away, but those who didn't were executed publicly, and their bodies hung on the castles for all the peasants to see."
The river still flowed quietly.
"How do you know about events from thirty or forty years ago?" Andre said, somewhat unconvinced.
