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Paranoid (Éothain)

"If they could be trusted"

The three beings leaping out from the ground, like snakes he thought negatively, made no sense to him. An elf, a dwarf and a man all clad in the same outfits made him suspicious, especially with the lies his people had been being fed by a certain wizard for years. It had come to the point where everything outsiders said was a lie and he protested loudly when the horses of his deceased colleagues were handed over to these people. The elf wanted to ride bareback and as he watched them ride off he wondered if they could be trusted.

Exactly 100 words. Prompts are very welcome (please use the form Theme, Character, "Prompt" e.g. Paranoid, Éothain, "If they could be trusted"). No OCs please, but any other character, however obscure, is welcome.

Thanks for reading!
Tsari