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<p>When you and Karvas are unable to produce a ticket, the guard gets angry. You say that you must have lost your tickets during the voyage, but this excuse does not impress him. He beckons to a group of his fellow guardsmen who are standing beside a stone hut at the entrance to the docking area. <quote>You<ch.apos/>ll have to see the Wharfmaster,</quote> he says, brusquely. <quote>Tell him your tale.</quote></p>
<p>The group of guardsmen come and escort you and Karvas to the hut where an officious man in a scarlet tunic is sitting at a desk, writing with a quill pen. <quote>They<ch.apos/>ve no tickets, Wharfmaster,</quote> states one of the guardsmen, before they turn away and close the door. The man puts down his pen and takes a crystal sphere from his pocket which he fixes into a holder at the centre of his desk. Then he tells you both to sit before him at the table and explain why you have no tickets to travel aboard the riverboat. Karvas becomes impatient with the man and he demands that you be allowed to leave.</p>
- <p><quote>I don<ch.apos/>t think you realize the trouble you<ch.apos/>re in,</quote> replies the Wharfmaster, testily. <quote>Travelling by riverboat without paying the fare is a custodial offence. The punishment is one day in goal for every day travelled.</quote> The man opens his desk drawer and takes out a slim rod of opaque crystal. <quote>Now,</quote> he says, staring you straight in the eye, <quote>kindly tell me why you have no ticket.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>I don<ch.apos/>t think you realize the trouble you<ch.apos/>re in,</quote> replies the Wharfmaster, testily. <quote>Travelling by riverboat without paying the fare is a custodial offence. The punishment is one day in gaol for every day travelled.</quote> The man opens his desk drawer and takes out a slim rod of opaque crystal. <quote>Now,</quote> he says, staring you straight in the eye, <quote>kindly tell me why you have no ticket.</quote></p>
<p>You repeat the excuse you gave when you disembarked, that you must have lost your ticket during the voyage. The clear crystal sphere resting on his desk becomes milky white, and then its hue changes to crimson.</p>
<p><quote>You<ch.apos/>re lying,</quote> says the Wharfmaster, and he touches you lightly on the hand with the tip of his slim rod. Suddenly a blinding white light flashes before your eyes and you feel yourself rapidly falling into unconsciousness.</p>
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