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Miss, are you alright? What happened?

[The dog growled, but she held up a hand, and it sat back down.]

Just a routine run-in with bandit hunters.

Lots of bandit-hunters.

Who were very well-armed.

*looks rather alarmed* You mean you've been attacked?

*squats and takes a look at her injuries* That doesn't look too good... hang on, I got some First Aid stuff in my bike! *hurries over to get it*

[She seemed first surprised then.. a bit suspicious. While his back was turned, she raised her hand, and the dog vanished.]

Yes.. sort of..

[She wasn't going to lie and make herself seem like an innocent victim. But she had been attacked. Just.. completely within the bounds of the law. At least the law where she was from.]

Okay, here we go... *returns with the First Aid kit, sits down next to her* *blinks and takes a look around for the dog but then decides that this is more important right now*

Where are you hurting?

Would 'everywhere' be a good answer?

[She shifted to sit up, still a bit suspicious.]

Who are you?

No... but I'm sure we'll get that fixed. *smiles*

Frank Poncherello... but everybody calls me Ponch. What's your name?

Viani.

Are you a thief?

That's a nice name!

A thief? No, don't worry. I'm a police officer. I'm here to help!

But only thieves help thieves. No one else does..

..A police officer? Is that anything like a bandit-hunter?

Heey, but you're hurt, right? Can't just leave you sittin' here when you're hurt.

I don't know, what's a bandit-hunter? Sounds kinda brutal to me...

Other people do. [But she didn't seem to be about to refuse getting bandaged up.]

They get paid by the city guards to go after thieves. Capture or kill, all the same to them and the guards.

Yeah well, they shouldn't. *carefully takes care of her injuries*

That's pretty tough laws you got there... Police officers are different. I'm supposed to catch the bad guys but I'd never kill someone...

They think they're right. I don't blame them for it.

[After a moment, when her injuries were cared for, she nodded slightly.] Thank you.

Well, where I come from it's against the law to just kill a person, regardless if they're a criminal or not. The only exception is self-defense.

You're welcome. You should lie down, recover.

Here, it's pretty rough. 'Kill or be killed' usually.

I will. Not much else to do.