Croft stepped onto the veranda of the [i]Blunderbuss Café[/i] with a bright smile on his face. He took a deep breath and then took a step towards the door. He stopped when he heard a chewing sound and he looked to see Grom and his smile grew larger if that were possible. He approached the cameldragon, but stayed a few steps away from the animal, because he still wasn't sure if it was a spy for [b]them[/b] or not. "I see Grom is alive and well." He then clapped his hands giddily. "Oh I can't wait to see Kettle!"

He listened at the door and once he was satisfied he opened it and scanned the building seeing that it was severely lacking people. He saw Kettle sitting at a table with a lizard man. He walked over to the pair and checked all of the empty seats before sitting at one. "I have arrived!" He looked warily at the lizard man, he had never met it before. "I'm the genius Croft Winston Caswell Halebard. What do you do for work?" This was a typical question he asked anyone he first met, as a test to see if anyone worked for [b]them[/b]. He stared intensely at the lizard for its response.