The first moments are spent surveying the surroundings — with a hand on the weapon and senses alert. Eyes filled with half-forgotten but instinctive training and experience will surely help spot any clues that would inevitably remain in such a situation, or the presence of eyewitnesses or hot trails.
The second moments go to examining the body for injuries; the third — to covering it with a fur cloak.
- Hmm, my lord, you now look like a bandit who lured a poor fellow into an alley and stripped him of everything valuable. - The chronicler was, as expected, behind the knight.
Among the suspicious items, Lester finds a small rectangular card of dark gray color, on the surface of which a golden lion was depicted. On the reverse side was written a strange text, but the knight lacked the wit to read it. The squire himself bore no visible wounds.