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[sunshinetrumpet]

[Salt looks a bit grumpy]

Too bad Pepper isn't here. She'd know what he's saying for sure!

[as_you_command]

...Pepper? [ Okay, his world has some fairly strange names, but that takes the cake.

And, perhaps it is a trick of the camera, but this boy seems awfully... small.

No matter. ] Does your acquaintance have a fondness for animals?

[sunshinetrumpet]

[Small and his wings are fluttering as he hovers.]

Yep! Pepper loves animals. She's really good at listening to them and helping them out. Sometimes it doesn't work, though. Like this cat tried to eat me and Sugar but I scared it away with my Sun Magic, so we didn't get hurt too badly.

[as_you_command]

[ Magic? Fending off cats? Wings?

Guilford pauses to hold the device a small distance away, examining the feed critically. ] ... ah. I see.

[sunshinetrumpet]

[Salt isn't too good when it comes to humans, so he does what he can do... and tries to help!]

It seems like your friend is trying to tell you something important, though. Maybe he's hungry? Did you drop something? Are you lost?

[as_you_command]

Arco is self-sufficient, all my equipment is accounted for, and I can see the end of the path leading to town quite clearly from my current vantage point. [ In short: no.

Also-- ] He is not my friend. Arco belongs to another.

[sunshinetrumpet]

Oh...

But there has to be something.

[Huff]

Just because he's someone else's pet doesn't mean you can't be friends with him!

[as_you_command]

I am sure he would wish for Miss Viola's company over my own. [ Call it a hunch. ]

[sunshinetrumpet]

Then why is he with you?

[Eyes suspiciously]

[as_you_command]

She has not been seen for some time. [ Though it's said rather matter-of-fact-like, his tone lacks its usual sharpness with that revelation. ]

[sunshinetrumpet]

[Salt's suspicious expression drops into a sad one.]

You mean... she's missing?

[as_you_command]

[ Guilford rubs at his forehead. ] That was my meaning.

[sunshinetrumpet]

B-but... for how long? Why? Someone needs to search for her!

[He doesn't even know who she is but no one should ever be lost and missing!]

[as_you_command]

Her exact point of departure is difficult to estimate, and there is no accounting for her presence in Demeleier at all. [ Believe him, he's been trying. ] Denizens frequent disappear, and sometimes disappear. It is possible to verify the details with the more powerful beings here, but becoming indebted to them for that information is unwise.

[sunshinetrumpet]

[Blink. Blink.]

Huh?

What do you mean?

[Stop using big words.]

[as_you_command]

[ Sigh. ] This is a common occurrence, and I have spent far too much time searching for her. As a member of the Watch, my priority is now protecting those who are still present.