Lily gripped the folder she had been handed rather tightly, her choice already made as to which case she was going to take. All the same she glanced over at the folder in her companion's hands and read some snippets of the few statements in there. Upon reading the story of the blood flood she made an annoyed grunt and rolled her eyes. 

"Adam," she began "I would not bother giving any credence to these hauntings. I have looked into my fair share of ghosts and even when a person with the talent is involved it is always a bunch of Tommy-rot. I can assure you had the drunkard been pressed he would have admitted that he was not actually there to experience the bloodied basement but that he had heard others speak of it. It is most likely he didn't mention it until drunk because his sober mind was able to recognize it for the hogwash it is, an ability a drunks mind is far less capable of." Lillian shook her head and sighed. "My friend, there are a myriad of far better explanations available. The most likely cause is the people who built the building did a poor job of it. Drafts, creaking, all of that is explainable by old buildings or shoddily made new ones. And even if there was blood filling the halls it most likely was regular water with a layer of dirt and rust floating on top. In poorly lit conditions the reddish brown looks vaguely like  blood. Further more, as it is just water with a layer of grim, once you left the water it would appear as if the 'blood' had vanished, when in reality it was always just plain water." Lily stopped to take a sip of her tea. "I suspect the reason the building is unusable is the city has realized the building is unsafe and is doing their best to keep that knowledge under wraps so as to not taint the reputation of their fancy new building. I suspect if we wait a little longer there will be reports of banging coming from the building at night, caused by the workers the city secretly hired to make the facility usable." Lillian nodded matter-of-factly and felt she had sufficiently deterred them all from wasting their time. She was about to move onto speaking about the little girl when a thought occurred to her, that Adam was not the sort of person to be pulled into fanciful tales unless it was possible he sensed something bigger behind it. Begrudgingly, Lily added "However... we could surely spare some time to take a look. It would not be very difficult to prove our skill set is not needed there. And you will find that my presence alone gives us a reason to be in the building. I have somewhat of a reputation around the city for poking my nose into things for my own interests. So long as I am there our presences should not raise any concerns." 

Lily finished her tea and poured herself another cup. "I am much more interested in the little girl. Even in the event there is nothing fantastical going on, there is a human being in need of aid. Surely that demands our immediate attention."