Observer
As you finish speaking, King Nero finally lets out a groan. He’s held it in longer than his wife, Queen Iola, whose head met with her hands while you were recounting your visit to Nevermore Bookstore.
King Nero
“I am at a loss for ideas now…”
Queen Iola
“I… There’s the… paper trail, I guess…”
King Nero
“…I suppose there is.”
Observer
You get the idea they’re both disgusted by the concept of all that trash, which you cannot blame them for.
Queen Iola
“…maybe you could check with Boone at Rodeo Ruff Pets?”
King Nero
“What about?”
Queen Iola
“About… what exactly was biting those pages… Maybe… maybe there’s just a really weird draphibian who thinks paper is tasty?”
King Nero
“Well… that’s not a terrible idea. Maybe Vincent and Keir are just plagued by a draphibian, rather than anything actually nefarious.”
Queen Iola
“Maybe it’s using that trash area as an escape route?”
King Nero
“That trash area does bother me… We should probably send some sanitation workers and guards to clean it up, once this matter is resolved. It sounds hazardous to Haven’s health.”
Queen Iola
“Yes, it does… I’m concerned it got to that state in the first place.”
King Nero
“Likewise… We’ll investigate it as soon as we can.”
Queen Iola
“I know I saw Blossom chasing her tiburok out that way a few weeks ago. Maybe you could also check in on her?”
King Nero
“But how could a tiburok get through doors?”
Queen Iola
“…magic…?”
Observer
Although the idea is not very convincing, you add it to your list of places to visit anyways.
Observer
Both draphibian and tiburok are more pleasant culprits for the book eating miscreant than what Vincent and Keir suspect, after all.
Queen Iola
“I don’t know where to even start with what the owner of Enchanted Elixirs said…”
King Nero
“I don’t either… However, maybe Nepra might have some ideas what she could mean?”
Queen Iola
“We need to give her a pay raise if she can make anything out of what that woman said…”
King Nero
“I wonder if Vincent and Keir would be able to help you figure it out, as another option.”
Queen Iola
“Oh, that’s a good thought - lockettes do live a long time, they might know things that none of us dextroluma would recall.”
Observer
With a new list of targets to investigate in hand, you set off into Haven once more…
