Sabine was becoming flustered when the man denied what she asked. She was about to move on to being threatening with the information before Colours stepped in. That much gave her some measure of relief. She brushed away a lock of her frizzy hair from her face as an unconscious tick while she followed up the stairs.

The group stood opposite the man for several awkward seconds before Sabine spoke again. She wrung her fingers and broke eye contact. "I am sorry. We do not want to get you in trouble, but it is important." Sabine swallowed again. "We know you have a shrine to Talos. We do not want to threaten you. We are looking for people who have been hunting Talos worshippers. People who are not Thalmor. They are enemies of ours since before they began to hunt people like you. We want to stop them."

Sabine paused and her expression became strained all of a sudden. "There have been worshippers disappearing. The ones we believe were taken by these other hunters are...they are..." Sabine turned to Colours and Kaleeth. She had forgotten their names. Of course, she wasn't especially aware if she was speaking in the right order anymore. Things were not exactly progressing as planned in her mind.