While Jaraleet had traded some banter with his travelling companions as they gained distance from Skingrad, the Haj-Eix, much like Gregor, had remained mostly silent through large portions of the journey to Anvil. For one, he had barely escaped death at the hands of the Deep Elves thanks to Gregor's help. The chance encounter in the frantic melee that had ensued once the Dwemer had sprung their trap could have very well spelt the end of the assassin's life, but thanks to the help of the Imperial warrior they had both managed to escape with their lives and make their ways back to Skingrad. The staggering loss of life was something that bothered the Hidden Scale little, indoctrinated as he was since he was but a hatchling, and as such wasn't the cause of his silence throughout the vast majority of the trip towards Anvil. No, the cause for his silence laid in the sudden appearance of the Third Aldmeri Dominion in Skingrad. What did the Dominion stood to gain by offering its aid to a group of refugees? Jaraleet doubted that all citizens of Skingrad were happy with Count Hassildor's removal from power, especially when his replacement was openly backed up by the Dominion. The more he thought about it, the less the actions of the Dominion made sense to him; what value would Skingrad possess, surely the Dominion was made aware of the situation in Cyrodiil prior to taking over the city? Not to mention the fact that they surely must know that the Imperial Legions wouldn't take such an act without some retaliation of a sort? These thoughts and more swam through Jaraleet's mind throughout the trip and the only conclusion that the assassin came to was that he needed to report on the sudden development to the An-Xileel. The return of the Dwemer and the interference of the Third Aldmeri Dominion were vital pieces of intelligence that the leaders of the Argonian people must be aware of, of this Jaraleet was certain. He knew that there was a safe-house in Anvil, the agent had stopped on [i]his[/i] house in the Waterfront District on his way to the port-city, which was his motive for sticking with the group so far. When they got to the port-city he was present to hear the venomous words that Daro'Vasora slung to Rhea, a fact that made the Argonian wary of the Khajiit woman. While her words did have merit, it hadn't escaped Jaraleet's notice the way Rhea reacted to the announcement of Skingrad's new count, Vasora's words seemed far too driven by emotion for him to put too much stock in them. "I know I haven't been part of this group for too long." The assassin said to the Imperial woman, "But I believe Daro'Vasora is wrong in her accusations. While I'm not certain what happened at Skingrad while the rangers were away, I am certain that Vasora doesn't knows the full details either and, as such, she is in no position to judge you. You did what you had to do to keep this group safe and those are the actions of a good leader in my mind." The Argonian continued on, "If you have need of me, I'll be in Anvil for a while so don't hesitate to seek me out." He finished, bowing slightly to Rhea before heading into the city proper. With that matter resolved, Jaraleet's next step was to approach Brutus. The use of the Colovian Rangers was spent for the Haj-Eix, and so he looked to disentangle himself from the militia. It didn't took him too long to find the leader of the Rangers, to whom he presented his desire to leave the militia. Brutus' reaction to that was evident, one of frustration and disapproval, but Jaraleet was able to convince the man by lying that he had relatives and friends living in Anvil and that he wanted to make sure that they were prepared in case the Dwemer mounted an attack on the port-city. Freed from any obligations towards the Rangers, Jaraleet turned towards his true objective: finding the safe-house of his fellow agent. It took him a long portion of the day, but eventually Jaraleet found the location of the safe-house. There he relayed all the information that he knew about the Dwemer, about the composition of their forces and of the technologies at their disposal, and of the Dominion's annexation of Skingrad, along with this the Haj-Eix also turned in all the information that he had gathered while living on the Imperial City. He knew that the information that he had gathered wouldn't be of much use at present, but it could very well give Argonia an edge once the invasion of the Dwemer was thwarted. With all the information that he could provide already turned in, Jaraleet made one final request. He asked that a request be sent to the An-Xileel stating his intention to remain as a field agent during the duration of the Dwemeri invasion so that he could try and recover some of their technology, so that the Saxhleel people could benefit from the return of the Deep Elves. This request was met by some scepticism by the other Haj-Eix, but he promised to deliver his request as soon as he was able to do so. With his duties towards his people complete for the moment, Jaraleet left the safe-house and headed once more into the streets of Anvil.