Ildan and I returned to the manor from some business in town to find a hastily scrawled letter affixed to the door with a dagger. "The Bird is telling the truth" was cryptically penned onto the paper. J was arriving at the same time and gave us a look that said don't ask me. Without needing to say a word, we tramped indoors and began our search for our feathered friend.

Unsurprisingly, we found her in the library. She seems to have become quite enamored with the space, Nurzhan knows why, and…