Apparently bonking her forehead and telling herself to focus wasn't bringing any further clues to Meg. She huffed a little and patted down her tunic, removing the thin layer of dust that had settled upon it whilst she was doing her little 'investigative' work. Whatever she could have found was probably covered in dust anyway, she told herself. Wiping at her forehead with a dirty hand, she turned around, looking for familiar faces. It wasn't hard to spot her work buddies, well, at least one of them anyway. Khaz seemed to be scaring the living daylights out of a dwarf along with Balto. 

"All's well there," she commented to herself with a chuckle, though it was somewhat sarcastic. If they were going to find out what happened, fear wasn't the only tactic they'd have to use, otherwise people would run off before the guard had a chance to nab them. She rubbed at her chin, unaware of the dirt mark she smudged on herself as she looked at the stragglers. [i]Hm...[/i] She recognized a few, even if she wasn't on talking terms with them. Definitely not chummy with that Orc lady; even Meg knew when it was best to keep away. She liked her bones as they were, thank you very much. Being alive was always a good thing, and messing with the wrong person was something that got you stomped on very quickly, many times literally.

Her sights moved away from Miss Longtooth just seconds before Khaz picked her up; whether deliberately or not, who knew? But Meg's eyes certainly did catch someone else. A young boy, a human of course, though he liked to pretend he was an imp some days, and other days, a dwarf. It would get him in all sorts of trouble with persons' of said races, but he was a quick runner.  Meg was faster than him, however. She sauntered over, as quick and sure as a cat, grabbing hold of his ear and tugging him closer to her.

"There y'are, ye li'l rat..." She grinned down at the grubby face, eyes mirthful.

"Ow ow ow. Le'go' of mah ear lady" The boy winced as he stared up at the female constable. "Yer gotten real mean."

"It's Miss Meg to ya, boy," she replied as she prodded his nose with the index finger of her free hand. "An' I was always mean... I just show it t'special persons. Aren'cha glad yer special?"

"Look. Miss Meggo Meanface. You dun' scare nobody"

"Grr," Meg replied, obviously not seriously offended. She may have tried to further antagonize the boy, but she had work to do, and to be fair, he wasn't really a bad sort, simply mischievous at times. Well, most times.

"Lookie there," she told him, letting go of his ear but placing the hand on his shoulder instead, her grip tight. She steered him so that he could see Khaz. "Y'don' wanna be answerin' him, right? But 'less y'tell me wha'chu been doin' here an' what y'saw, that there's who yer gonna be chattin' with. So... wha'chu say ya spill the beans t'me? I'mma make sure he'll be real nice t'ya."

The boy gulped audibly, eyeing Khaz. "'Kay ÄKay. No need to be a gremlin' about it." He winced. "There was this scary man who walked all funny. Like he had a massive... stick up he' bum." 

"Hrmmm." She pressed a finger against her chin, deliberating. "Wha' kinda scary d'ya mean? Wha' was this person? Wha' was 'e wearin'?" Meg wasn't really literate, but she had a sharp enough memory. "Tell me all y'know an' I'mma buy din for ya, 'kay?"

"Din' On coppah' dough? Hah. Tell the other one abou' ya' goldie trousers. But this man, he was like. Regal. You know. Fancy. Dressed in black. Kinda thin 'eaded. Like he' din' eat much. All gaunt and stuff. Held a small stick of some sort. Waved it at the wall."

"Better'n the s**t y'get on the streets," Meg grumbled, "but it's yer tum." She was more interested in what he had to say about the man, however. He sounded like one of them magic using sorts. Maybe. She'd have to see what the others thought as well. For now...

"A'ight," she muttered, giving the boy's shoulder a light smack before letting go. "Thankies. I'mma keep the rest of the guard from stompin' on yer head. Git goin' now." With that said, she turned away from her little 'friend' and started toward Balto and Khaz. "Sooo, ya lot wanna know somethin' I know?" Her grin was quite bright.

(Collab with [@Hellis])