Ment
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He wasn't having much luck; after an hour of sitting there, someone gave him a copper coin. Apparently, his worn appearance didn't attract passersby, and he didn't evoke much pity. On the other side of the square, a red-bearded halfling was playing the bagpipes, and people were giving him money, even quite generously. That instrument hardly pleased their ears, but there was plenty of pity for the one playing it.