Sensiquill listened intently to David's testimony and thought it seemed legitimate enough. Then something odd happened, he couldn't tell what it was, but it felt like his ears were ringing ever so slightly. When David said somepony was in trouble at that precise moment, he couldn't have been mistaken.
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Sensiquill proceeded to untie David whilst muttering under his breath, "You'd better not be lying, there are five of us and one of you. I'm reasonably sure that your safe, but don't test me." The slate stallion stared seriously into David's eyes at the last part. When the pony was free Sensiquill said, "Prove to me that you can handle trust and you will have earned mine."
"As for that noise, can you tell where it came from? because its going to get dark in a few hours and we could use the numbers."