[inquisitive] “Can you tell me, do the bandits attack every merchant that travels the highway to Willow’s bend?”

[frustrated] “Clyde, someone tossed a little dirt on them. It would take one hungry wolf to drag them out of there, and how would you like it if a wolf was dragging your body around, munching on it as they go.”

[heroic pronouncement] “But it was necessary to protect the people of Willow’s Bend from these vile creatures.”