Julian:"Don't recognize me? Or are you allergic to making money...? Listen, Pilgrim. We can make a killing, you and me. You just need to get me some... beets? Radishes? Parsnips?" Bebbin:"There he is! Grab him, Ed! He's a murderer!" Julian:"What?" Ed:"Julian, Luuk's been poisoned. From the water you sold him, Bebbin says." Julian:"What? But... I don't sell water!" Bebbin:"Liar! Luuk told me he got it from you. Whatever's in it has him ranting and raving now." Julian:"You sure he didn't blame me after he starting ranting?"
Aiden:"(Maybe he is a little suspicious...) Wouldn't call it proof, but he was just trying to rope me into some shady deal."
Bebbin:"All I need to know! You're done, Julian."
Aiden:"(What's your proof?) Wait a minute. Do you have proof?"
Bebbin:"Of course! The water came in a bottle... Luuk got that water in one of YOUR bottles. When I tell Carl about this, you'll hang!"
Julian:"Bebbin, wait... I swear! I don't even sell water, dammit!"
Ed:"If you are lying, Julian, you're fucking toast."
(After Bebbin and Ed leave) Aiden:"So then, if you're not selling water, how'd someone get ahold of one of your bottles?" Julian:"Knowing that shithead Luuk, he probably stole it. That would be like him. Even if he did, my water's pure as melted snowflakes!"
Aiden:"(Maybe you stored it improperly?) You sure? How do you store it?"
Julian:"I buy it bottled."
Aiden:"There's no way it could become contaminated?"
Julian:"Not a chance. My supplier, Marco, always has clean water."
Aiden:"(Maybe this is revenge?) So... Maybe it's revenge?"
Julian:"For what? Everyone loves me, never had an enemy in my life... Wait a second, wait... shit. Except maybe... Marco. That bastard... come to think of it, he's got an axe to grind for me. It was a long time ago. Never mind. Listen, he lives above an old shop, on the west end of Villedor, on Houndfield Lane. I traded him a few kilos of my finest flour for the water. Prove he poisoned it and half of my flour is yours. Can you do that for me?"
Aiden:"I guess I could check it out."
Julian:"And there's one more thing. I'm a little embarrassed. Hans might also have a bottle of this water."
Aiden:"I thought you weren't selling it."
Julian:"I'm not, except, well... to Hans and... Can you go warn him? He's also on Houndfield, a few buildings down."
Aiden:"Something's fishy about this, Julian. You better be telling the truth. Otherwise, it'll be hard to help you."
(After having confronted Marco) Aiden:"What's going on?" Ed:"Bebbin's husband is dead. Julian's been accused of murdering him by poisoning his water." Julian:"Aiden, please, tell them it wasn't me."
Aiden:"(What's in it for me?) What's in it for me to say anything?"
Julian:"A clear conscience? Though I hear, not many Pilgrims can claim one of those..."
Ed:"Aiden... please, don't make this a negotiation. A man has died!"
Aiden:"(The water from the supplier was tainted.) Julian is innocent. A viral fell into his supplier's storage tub. The guy drunkenly sold Julian contaminated water. It wasn't a murder."
Ed:"You'd swear to that before the Bazaar Council?"
Aiden:"Yeah."
Ed:"Where's that supplier? He's going to stand trial in--"
Aiden:"Marco... is dead. I... I killed him."
Ed:"Then my job here is done."
Julian:"It's okay, I forgive you! That scum Marco got what he deserved. Thank you, Aiden. Half of my flour is yours!"
Aiden:"The flour mixed with plaster?"
Julian:"Huh? Ummm... no! Where did you hear that? Oh... yeah, so once, but... y'know, it--"
Aiden:"Keep the plaster. Just pay me and we'll be even."
Julian:"All right... I'll tell Bebbin what happened."
