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Rex Kerr
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I'm assuming that the sharpshooter isn't going to leave the scene while something is happening on the bridge. I'm also assuming that the sharpshooter knows that the merchant is a citizen and can recognize him.

A foreigner with a large cart walks up to the bridge as the sharpshooter is leaving. The merchant and the foreigner meet in the middle of the bridge after 4 1/2 minutes; the merchant climbs into the cart and hides. The sharpshooter returns, asks for paperwork, and the foreigner has none; the foreigner turns around with their cart, is not shot, and leaves with the merchant.

Or, less interestingly:

The merchant hides himself in his wares, which go out like normal (however that works--he certainly isn't the one taking them).

I'm assuming that the sharpshooter isn't going to leave the scene while something is happening on the bridge.

A foreigner with a large cart walks up to the bridge as the sharpshooter is leaving. The merchant and the foreigner meet in the middle of the bridge after 4 1/2 minutes; the merchant climbs into the cart and hides. The sharpshooter returns, asks for paperwork, and the foreigner has none; the foreigner turns around with their cart, is not shot, and leaves with the merchant.

I'm assuming that the sharpshooter isn't going to leave the scene while something is happening on the bridge. I'm also assuming that the sharpshooter knows that the merchant is a citizen and can recognize him.

A foreigner with a large cart walks up to the bridge as the sharpshooter is leaving. The merchant and the foreigner meet in the middle of the bridge after 4 1/2 minutes; the merchant climbs into the cart and hides. The sharpshooter returns, asks for paperwork, and the foreigner has none; the foreigner turns around with their cart, is not shot, and leaves with the merchant.

Or, less interestingly:

The merchant hides himself in his wares, which go out like normal (however that works--he certainly isn't the one taking them).

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Rex Kerr
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I'm assuming that the sharpshooter isn't going to leave the scene while something is happening on the bridge.

A foreigner with a large cart walks up to the bridge as the sharpshooter is leaving. The merchant and the foreigner meet in the middle of the bridge after 4 1/2 minutes; the merchant climbs into the cart and hides. The sharpshooter returns, asks for paperwork, and the foreigner has none; the foreigner turns around with their cart, is not shot, and leaves with the merchant.