"Yes," Janius nodded firmly.

As they progressed alongside the river, Janius' mind was cast back to the last time he was in this situation. It was a different Argonian this time, but Janius could only hope it ended with as much relief.

It took almost an hour and a half for anything to be found, but Janius' hope perked up when he smelled something distinct in the air. Without a word, he ran ahead a short distance, then stopped to pick up the scent again. It was slightly away from the river. He turned and walked briskly, his eyes darting around the ground. He seemed to be checking around randomly, but it wasn't long before he found the source of the smell. On the ground was a seemingly unremarkable portion of dirt, smoothed by the rain, but with flecks of white through it. Janius walked up to it, squat down, and dug away at it with his fingers. Lying just under the surface of the dirt were some sharp shapes. Janius pulled them out and brushed the mud from them to find lumps of charred twigs and a fish head with the spine still attached. The mud was laden with some remains of wet ash. "Zharanthixil!" Janius called out.

Janius sniffed at the fish remains. There was no definite trace of Kaleeth-Rei on it, but this might have been evidence of her passing if they were lucky.