Ethan was pleasantly surprised how easy it had been to find some information, and it thrilled him they could get on with their search. Sure, he was in debt yet again, and there was no absolute guarantee this was legitimate, but it was more of a lead than they had moments ago. To the western part of Galloway, easy enough. At least... It would be, if not for some small issue: Which way was west? He really ought to consider buying a compass at some point, then he might not end up so haplessly lost. Cecil appeared to know the way, yet he ran into a wholly unique problem, one even the directionally challenged Ethan wouldn't have. "Er... We just walk around them..." the Magi responded, tilting his head confused, "I mean, we can't just walk through them! Or... I mean we could, but that would mean going into a stranger's house, which would be rude..." he mumbled, starting to follow after Amuné as she took the lead. "If we asked then I guess it wouldn't be rude, but then we'd waste time asking. But if we talked to someone, maybe we'd find more information. I suppose that's not a total waste of time then..."

Reaching just the western half of town took a little while, and that was only the start of their search. There were a cluster of buildings every which direction, mostly ramshackle and thrown together structures, with a few tightly sealed warehouses every few hundred meters. It didn't seem like the most welcoming of places, though if someone had kidnapped a person then this was just the sort of place to hide them. Hoping they didn't end up in a fight, he kept his ears open and eyes moving about for any signs of shady people. Not that he'd likely know a shady person if he saw one, he'd probably greet them all the same and find out whether they were nice or not after the fact. More focused on watching out for bad people, Ethan jumped a little when Amuné gave a little shout, looking off in the direction she pointed before blinking in surprise.

"Huh... It does sorta look like a place they'd hide someone, I guess," he mused, walking towards the building slowly. Unlike many around it this one wasn't sealed, and the front door was even somewhat ajar, like someone had either just left or gone in. Slowing his pace even further as he got to the doorway, Ethan pressed up against the wall and listened for any sounds inside, not picking up anything after listening intently for a few seconds. Turning his head to face the other he placed his fingers to his lips then, easing the door open and slowly stepping inside. Crates, a table, a few turned over chairs, but no people. A staircase went down at the far end of the room though, maybe that was where they needed to check? Creeping towards the stairs he peered down over the railing to see if anyone was there before leaping over it, dropping down into the basement and readying a wind spell, just in case. To his slight disappointment however, there was no one here.

"Uh... Seems empty..." Ethan called up, frowning as he rubbed at his head. Huh, and Amuné had seemed certain about this place too, weird. Glancing about the room as the others came down, he noticed something crammed up against the wall, hidden by a couple of sloppily stacked boxes. Tilting his head briefly he walked over and began moving them, picking up the pace when he spotted what he thought to be blood on a few. Once he had slid every container over he was unnerved to find fresh blood on the pipes along the wall and the floor, as well as a pair of restraints still fastened to it. "No way... Was she just here...?" he wondered aloud, frowning as he looked around the room again. They hadn't seen anyone on the way in, so had they kept going out of town? 

"I think we just missed her guys, look." That was definitely fresh blood, and if he had to make a guess it was likely Nymira's. Why had they moved her though? Did the people holding her somehow know they were coming? Or was it a coincidence? Furrowing his brow, Ethan cupped his chin as he mulled it over, deciding ultimately it didn't matter; Nymira was still in danger, and they now knew she was hurt and bleeding, they had to find her. "I guess... I don't know, head further towards the edge of town? I can't imagine they just put her in another building..." Ethan spoke, not sounding terribly certain. He'd never dealt with something like this before, yet it made more sense to move her than to just stick her in an adjacent shack, to him anyways. "What do you two think? Should we keep going?"