The threat of the knights getting involved seemed like a slap to the face from reality for the two merchants, who both snapped out of their blind rages and looked around in alarm at the mention of them. Taking the chance Michael pushed the two further apart, creating a good deal of space between them. Roselina moved in between them, one hand on her dagger, and with both of them between them the merchants seemed to finally get the idea that violence wasn't worth the trouble.
"Look, this doesn't have to go on for any longer than it has to." The local merchant, still red in the face but now more aware of himself, growled. "Just give me back my necklace and we'll forget this ever happened."
"But I keep tell you..."
"Good gods, could you both give it a rest rest for just a second!" Michael snarled. He looked around at the crowd of onlookers. "And could somebody please go and fetch the knights? Why are you all just standing there?"
His shout seemed to get through to one of the onlookers, who broke of from the crowd and ran off down the halls of the castle, calling that they'd be back soon with the knights. The local merchant seemed pleased by this, whereas the foreign merchant went a little pale. Then, without warning, the foreign merchant grabbed the necklace from the stall, turned around and charged into the surrounding crowd, pushing through them and running off down the corridors in the opposite direction.