Drakor looked at her.
(Studied target > Kamilla)
“Why did you use a chisel?” Drakor asked. “Terrible choice of weapon. Surely you could’ve done better.”
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Pulura, Mistress of the Stars, concerns herself less than some gods with the operation of human justice systems, which are as often as not orthogonal to her concerns. Still, as a Good god, she’s generally opposed to randomly murdering people (especially random travelers), which denies them the chance to travel, explore, and grow. She’s not an absolute stickler for always enforcing the law (she is Chaotic, after all), and there are certainly circumstances where she might be in favor of letting a murderer go free, particularly if they’ve grown into a better, less murderous person, but she’s also not opposed to the concept of ever having laws about anything.
“I thought my family might wake up if I tried to take one of the knives from the kitchen. …And I didn’t want him to see a knife and put his guard up.”
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He sits down.
He ponders for a couple minutes. Eyebrows moving in a beat with his internal thoughts battling. But then there is peace.
He stands up.
“Alright. I can piece two and two together. I’ll bring you back to granitehill. I’ll plead your case that you shouldn’t be executed, and I’ll work with whatever exists of a legal system there to decide how to handle this. Any objections?”
“As far as I see it, you harmed someone you believed hurt your family rather than just killing a stranger. If you had done so, I would not be particularly sympathetic to your plight. But you did what you did, so I simultaneously believe that you were in the wrong but you don’t deserve to die.”
{…}
Canary looks at the bound woman and the old man.
He picks up what you’re implying.
“They can indeed make their perspective known.”
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“And you thought holding a chisel in the middle of the forest is not suspicious?” Drakor frowned. “Is the point not to surprise your adversary?”
He moved a dagger and a short sword to his belt. “Besides, could you not simply kill him later? There was no rush to grab the knife right that instant. Simply grab it and stow it away later.”
(drakor’s more miffed that her method of killing was flawed rather than the fact she actually murdered someone)
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“…if I told you I objected, would that stop you?”
(is this her or him? assume it’s her)
“It didn’t seem like he was planning on staying long. I didn’t think I’d get another chance, unless I got really lucky with the weather.” She glances towards the window. “Luckier than I’d have been.”
(it’s her, yeah)
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“It might. You’ve been cagey as shit about your reasons for doing any of this, so do object telling me why this was the right thing to do.”
“My brother Willem is dead because of him. That bastard might have done it through the law, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a murderer.’“
(He is miffed)
(But this is also him trying to get more information out of her)
(He’s been hoping that the actual murderer was related to the people who attacked his village)
(…this is looking less and less likely the more Kamilla talks)
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Wanderer quite visibly does not like being in this situation. It’s a matter of having to do something he actively hates doing. Why choose? Why do I have to choose? Why are both options compelling? And why don’t they work together?
Heat. Hatred. Grief.
No, this is wrong. The greater perspective. What she did was cruel to literally everyone involved including her own.
His eyes are that of a beast.
The only way this should end is…
He looks to his group.
“We will take her back to granitehill. That’s the only way for this to end.”
Wanderer does the necessary preparations to leave. He unties the horse Kamilla took, pondering if it would be useful in bringing her back.