Walking through the huge mansion, I was given several curious glances. Some were not as curious as they were irked as they stared hard in my direction. Those were the ones that I deftly avoided as I made my way through the building. When it came to asking where I might find Kallan, I was careful to choose only those that seemed more curious than malicious.
A few questions later regarding his whereabouts, I was finally standing outside the door to his office. None of the corridors I had been down had been empty, and most of those present were a little too curious for my own tastes. I grumbled to myself, something about the things we tolerate for the people we love, trying to tamp down the distaste at having to track down a man that had already dismissed me. Thoughts of how he might answer
