The eye opens wide. "Two years? That's a long time for a cutter to just disappear! And you've been looking for him all that time, then?" The smile grows wider. "He was a nice fellow, that he was! We might still be trying to make sense of things if not for him." They nod. "We'll keep the eye out for him, then!"Naila Drooten wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:10 am"I am actually, he's been missing for the past 2 years. Although it sounds like he met you long before that. He always had a fondness for helping the lost and alone."
The dirty handkerchief is promptly discard, probably forever.
"It's a personal matter but I would welcome the help, if only for a fresh eye on the case."
She takes a breath for a moment considering and then nods.
"Come by the office tomorrow or the day after, whenever you are free. We can begin fresh there perhaps? I'll run you through the rudiments of investigation and we'll see what you can uncover? Two minds are usually better than one."
The article did give a definite character to the sentence, that much was clear.
"We'll be glad to join you again then, Ms Droo'ten! And feel free to send word for us by the Gatehouse if you need us! Or just let someone send word for us, it usually reaches us there after a while with all the folks coming in!", they add happily.
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