Pug meets Val in the Lake

Pug was dashing by the trails, eager to get the dogs chasing him to lose their scent and he splashed into the lake. How refreshing and cool. How clean the taste and he wore the thick jewel of a merchant he had just slain. Already his mind was to market that gold in the nearest town. Soon. Soon, he told himself and the life of a rat can be over. And nearly collided unto a partially naked man! Look out there, the man shouted and they quickly became acquainted. The man introduced himself as Val and Pug was rather shocked when Val heard his stories and made no plans to apprehend him for it was widely known that Val was a prominent enforcer of the law who hated the likes of Pug. Must be reformed, Pug thought.