443 Masked Gala (Part 1)

"I've talked with everyone who had a room for rent, but I didn't learn anything useful." Jirni sighed.

"Everyone complains about the high crime rate of the neighborhood, and the people going missing on a daily basis, and only a few talked about blue eyed people. The silver lining is that those who did always saw them near the temple of Xhal."

"I have a suggestion about how to find people carrying a meat puppet." Tista said beating Lith to the punch.

"I noticed that some of my patients today had a mild adverse reaction to both my diagnostic and healing spells. They all presented the same symptoms: unease and stomach ache. The same as a mana poisoning victim would report.

"I think Professor Manohar could give them a look and if I'm right, extract the puppets safely from their hosts."

All gazes turned to Manohar, who didn't seem to be impressed.