"Entirely," certain, that is. "They behaved like any two men pursuing a payday might."
She assumes, anyway. The answer came so quickly she feels compelled to retread each interaction, examining the memories for any false notes she may have missed at the timeβbut there are none. Even if she had missed a sign, there were six of them, it's not as though they relied on her insight alone. No one noticed anything amiss with the brothers. They were as ordinary as two humans could be,
until they weren't.
"No one in Wycome or the outlying villages appeared affected," to his radius, "neither when we left nor when we returned. You might ask the others on the expedition when they noted a lack of wild sounds. We were already in the Pass by the time it occurred to me that it was too quiet."
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She assumes, anyway. The answer came so quickly she feels compelled to retread each interaction, examining the memories for any false notes she may have missed at the timeβbut there are none. Even if she had missed a sign, there were six of them, it's not as though they relied on her insight alone. No one noticed anything amiss with the brothers. They were as ordinary as two humans could be,
until they weren't.
"No one in Wycome or the outlying villages appeared affected," to his radius, "neither when we left nor when we returned. You might ask the others on the expedition when they noted a lack of wild sounds. We were already in the Pass by the time it occurred to me that it was too quiet."