The old lizard man took in a deep breath and sighed.

"I think I understand, so you got yourself cursed..." the chieftain said.

"Exactly, I didn't mean to insult your people." the man assured

The old lizard man stood up slowly and walked over to the now sitting man,

he put an arm on his shoulder, "Nevertheless, we can't leave your crimes unpunished." the chieftain solemnly said.

The man gulped, images flashed through his head, the gallows, a pit of snakes, that damn barrel.

"I sentence you to..." the lizard man began.

The man is sweating intensively at this point.

"A month of community service." the chieftain said.

One of the smaller lizard men got closer and began to speak, "Chief, aren't you being too lenient?!"

Another one interrupted, "Yes, this is just another attack from the humans!"

The massive, black scaled lizard man spoke up,

"Silence! you will only obey the chieftain's order!" the muscular figure roared.

The chieftain turned his withering gaze towards the smaller lizard man, "The look in his eyes seems genuine, I ask you as the leader of these people, please trust my judgment." The old man began to bow but was stopped by the figure sitting in the corner of the room unnoticed.

"Please dear, there is no need to be reckless, people your age shouldn't be moving so much!" an equally old lizard woman said.

The large lizard man ordered the two smaller ones to take the man away.

The man was taken through the village of suspicious stares to a small one-room house built into the side of a small cliff,

the features that stood out were the small planter boxes in the front, a very large round window, an empty birdcage.

"This looks more like a luxury cottage than a prison cell..." the man commented.

The smaller lizard man chuckled and put a hand on the man's shoulder.

"Don't think of yourself as a prisoner, rather a forced citizen, sorry about what I said earlier, we've been a little on edge since the last human raid." the lizard man spoke,

"By the way, my name's Razyl, feel free to ask me anything," Razyl added

"Thanks, I guess, I think I'll go to bed, for now, I think tomorrow will be pretty eventful." the man said.

The two exchanged their farewells and parted ways.