That is a way to look at it, and there’s not much to be done now beyond trying to figure out what happened.

[ He’s not great with the idea of decent mages being murdered, though, and she had a student with her that now had no one… So it was a mixed feeling on his part. But rather than drag the conversation down, he dismisses the topic and shifts back to the point of his contact. ]

That aside… Is there anyone beyond the bar stools you might need? There’s a lot of other junk still in here from when it was a business if you happen to want to look at any of it when you get here.