"Well, if you dont want it...." Scarlet intercedes, her Rum being almost empty already, not that the incredible constitution of the seemingly "normal" Woman would show it.
Mark smiles amicably. "Please, of course. If Prtolemy doesnt want it." He smiles a bit wider than towards Ptoelmy, well, he isnt as attractive as Scarlet, so....
"Hmmmm, for the heck of me I cant think of anything. The only other option I saw was to get enough wealthy townspeople together to somehow hire help. For that at least I intended to conta ct Mr. Jarkhed, though I am not sure where he lives or IF he is still alive,, as you said Barong Ghran, Ms. Ithrass of the Milk Collective, and of course the 3 Orc Brothers of the traveller Lodges. Maybe the Twins Sinthai, they were well respected Soldiers in their time, but they are quite old, even for Half Elves." While talking his eyes go unfocused and towards the alrge Map. He then looks at Ptolemy again. "So if you want to find ...whatever this is, you will have to search on your own, sorry. But we are Mapmakers after all, so...:" he smiles.