"I do not recall observing anyone leaving the meeting room after myself and Jerrick except for Vera, who exited shortly after us. I moved on from the mezzanine before seeing Harriet come out." Darahil seemed to have neither a reaction to the information Meesei provided, or interest in confirming that Harriet was the poisoner. To him, the entire exchange was to be finished quickly. "Immediately after the meeting, when I proceeded to the scholar's loft, Marlin and Safina, some packmates of mine, were practising their telekinesis as I walked in. You may confirm with them that I proceeded to my office and did not emerge until dinner. After dinner, I'm afraid that I passed unnoticed to my office and bedchambers, at least, to any whom I could recall the names of all of my packmates were either still eating dinner or were elsewhere with their tasks. None disturbed me during my work except for the rune being triggered. I do not recall any of the lieutenant's alibis except for Harriet and her duel with your packmate."

Outside of the room, Fendros leaned against the wall of the hallway nervously. He wanted to converse with Janius, Sabine, and Lorag, but nothing they could say would go unheard by the lieutenants in their room. It was tense enough to think of smalltalk in any case.

"Hoy!" A familiar voice sounded from down the corridor. Fendros and Janius turned towards it to see the son of Oswall, Gallus, along with his charge, Tzirret, and a couple of unknown people, likely his packmates.

Fendros immediately pushed off the wall and raised his hands to stop them. "Ah, apologies Gallus, Meesei and the lieutenants are busy right now."

"No, no, that's fine," Gallus smiled and raised a hand reassuringly, halting his advance a short distance from Fendros. "Look, everyone is talking, whispering about something going wrong. The lieutenants have been acting strangely, my father especially, and all these private meetings are strange." Gallus angled his head and took on a more serious tone, he at least didn't seem threatening right now. "Look, we don't like secrets here. What's this all about? Is Jerrick really away visiting some village?"