“I’ve another reason to come personally," she added.
“Ah," he said knowingly. “I suppose the Mustul is sending a delegation that will include a certain brown rider...”
The smile on her lips confirmed his assumption.
After a moment of silence in which she was lost in her dreams, she resumed the discussion.
“I understood that you had a problem with theft.”
“For a little more than a dozen years, food has been disappearing, indeed.”
“A lot of it?”
“No. We can afford it. We have enough resources.”
“How come you haven't caught the thief yet? The embassy is big, yet there aren't that many places to hide.”
“Because we’re not looking for him.”
“Do you have any idea who he is?”
“Blenys gave me a pretty good description. A young human girl about ten years old. She entered the Embassy fourt
