Dumont sat in his usual seat at the back of the room, able to keep an eye on his students without having to turn around. He monitored the exchanges and nodded a greeting towards each new arrival, the Fae showing up in more or less the expected order and with the expected attitude towards the heat. He had missed Kathrine's break from character on arrival but caught the slip in response to the question from Felix.

The briefing started and he leaned over onto the desk, tenting his fingers just in front of his mouth. Clark paid rapt attention, his expression not betraying his thoughts as a plan was put together in his head. The round of questions went by almost without reaction until it came to Felix. A hint of a smile played at his lips, half hidden behind his tented fingers. He fought down the laughter and composed himself once more, putting his mind squarely back on topic. There was a job to do and a plan was needed.

He stood up, walking quickly over to a map on the wall. Clark stood absolutely still for several seconds. He pulled several pins from the tray beneath it, outlining a slice pie that covered everything within twenty five miles of the town. Almost two thousand square miles, but this was a worst case scenario assuming that the he had been missing for six hours. Clark doubted that the child would be any further than ten miles away. He turned away from the map and waited for the commander to answer in questions in case his plan needed to be revised.