Janius turned down his eyes and licked the front of his teeth in thought. "I don't imagine this situation being good. We have to wait, we have the end of our lead is murky, and going to a certain village after enough time makes it less than safe." He shook his head. "Is there any further investigation we can do in the meantime?"

In contrast, Fendros appeared more optimistic. "I had been thinking about that. On top of any other friends Cyrus may have had that turn up in the tavern, there may be some East Empire Company presence in Sentinel." He shrugged and turned his head to glance at everyone. "If we're lucky, we might ask and find out which villages have the company within them. There cannot be too many."

"We should check with the other carriage workers if what Matami said is true." Sabine said. "I don't think she lied but she might not know everything."

"Indeed," Fendros agreed. "We aren't at the point of waiting around doing nothing yet. Do we have any other ideas?"