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"The project goes well, Virgil" Hobnob said in response to the older sellsword's question "And there's a chance that it'll go even weller if I can get my hands on some help. I'm having a hard time finding such help though, and was hoping I could track down Secret to gain her aid in locating the help necessary to expedite the completion of the project".

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"After our lordly sponsor heard of our work, we have a slightly heavier coin pouch to work with than the other mercenaries" Doctor Diminutive replied "Rest assured you will be compensated fairly for your information".
"Come back here you white furred menace!" Shortstack exclaimed as he and his fellow gnomes chased the dog into the hall through 1 door then quickly out of the other.
"The information we require should be well within your abilities to obtain" the gnomish doctor continued "While we're perfectly capable of finishing our project ourselves, we wouldn't mind some extra help".
A horse suddenly galloped into the hall. The small white dog was sleeping on its saddle, the spanner still in its mouth.
"Where did that horse even come from?!" Shortstack asked as he and the other gnomes desperately sprinted after it.
"So we were wondering if you happened to know of any ingenious inventors, skilled artificers, or gifted enchanters in Starkvale who might be willing to help us with our project" Doctor Diminutive concluded.
Shortstack and the other gnomes suddenly ran into the hall pursued by the dog. Shortstack suddenly stopped, causing the other gnomes to almost crash into him. "Hold on a moment" Shortstack said "Weren't we supposed to be chasing you?".
The dog's simple reply was to turn around and run in the other direction.
"HEY!" Shortstack yelled as he and the other gnomes took off after the dog.
"Do excuse my associates" Doctor Diminutive said "The spanner Toby took is a very important spanner and for reasons I cannot fathom, we only have 1".