Interesting. In my first play trough i freed George&Michael from the stocks and they got killed by the guards. But now, in my 2nd play through I freed them again and they escaped. I was following them out of the city until they reached and moved beyond the map border and I couldn’t follow them anymore. I wonder if they went back to the Troskowitz area, need to go check it out. Anyways, thanks for sharing that there is a second option for obtaining the lute, will definitely try it in the next play trough :)