“Convict us again? I’ll do it. I’m still a child. They cannot send me to the mines. We could even make it look like an accident!” He sounded nearly gleeful now, buzzing with optimism. “He’s already broken his foot, hasn’t he? Maybe he also tripped and fell down a gorge. Or off the edge of a cliff. Or-” “You have put way too much thought into this,” I muttered, rubbing at my jaw.
