Janus and Haruna followed the trail, moving ostentatiously through the crowd. On their way, they met Grotash and Skeeter's dwarf thug, who decided to stay with them to watch their backs. They reported that stink bombs also attacked the other areas around the square, but the culprits were nowhere to be found. "Did they get through the nobles?" "Not from what I saw." Grotash said. "We held up a tight perimeter out there." "Very well, then." They had done their job. The street rats only stole from the masses, and this wouldn't concern the Admiral at the very least. Pickpocketing was a normal occurrence in Stranglehold, as long as they didn't touch the auctioneer's money. Janus could only imagine the amount of taxes attached to those sales. The trail led them back to the

