I don't think any of us did. [She gives him a rueful smile before launching into what she's particularly excited to talk about: her investigation.

And she has quite a lot to share.]

I've been working to catch the killer who's been on the loose here in the Wards. Five men have been murdered, each with no apparent cause of death and a white string tied around his wrist. And now you've heard of the sixth victim? [Clearly, since he's also here wearing embalmer's clothes.] Some here say that the white string is something that sirens wrap around the wrists of their intended.

[She continues eagerly, barely taking a breath as she flips through her notebook, showing him all the notes she's taken on the murders.]

There are also stories of a woman who Prince Deimar may have courting, who mysteriously disappeared. Several people here have told me that I resemble her, and a woman named Emilia also apparently resembles her. Last night Emilia and I were both taken by a group of guards down to one of the caves, the one with the creature living in the lake, and forced to stand in the water, as though they were expecting something to happen. Was this mysterious woman a siren, I wonder? Did the guards believe that either she or I could be this mysterious woman, and that the creature would react to us? Or perhaps that the water would have some effect on us?

Regardless of the intended outcome, I believe what happened to Emilia and I is connected to the string of murders.