Nija is able to fly inside the house and take a look around. Nothing out of the ordinary for a hunter's lodge, except that clearly there's a good hunter living there. Wolf pelts and deer skin make up carpeting, bedding, and decoration within.

As Truth and Agil enter the town, they are regarded by grizzled hunters and frontierspeople. Hidden behind their distrustful grimaces is a real and present fear.

Getting nearer the house that has been cut in half, Agil runs a hand over the slice. It was certainly cut by a weapon, a huge one, by his investigation.

Asking around for "Payton Black," the pair find that the hunters shortly and coldly nod to the largest and longest of the houses. Just from the smell as you open the door, the smell of the place instantly identifies it to you as a sick house or infirmary. Present are two women and one patient. The older of the two women is stroking the throat of the patient to get him to swallow something in his sleep, while the other is merely holding his hand. The man is wrapped in bandages and seems to be in an induced coma.

The woman holding his hand looks up to you both, a spark of hope in her eyes.
"Did... Did Abacus send you?"