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I was amazed by how mistrustful people had become towards outsiders. That the people didn't say hi to him while he was swimming was reasonable while still paranoid but the fact that the armed villagers captured him made no sense. They were just passing by, deliberately trying to avoid the town. The guards should have seen this and left them alone, not think that they were spies or rebels. What right does the village chief have to capture others just because he is suspicious? It seems that the whole country believes might makes right.