Sarafina and Seri just looked at each other. Jasper face palmed himself, and Gabe just shook his head, "What? We told you everything. Meet back here with the proof and we'll give the relic to you."

"Okay! Okay!" Neven held up his hands as he backed off, "Just checking."

Both Irzen and Neven departed the small chamber with the map and information in hand.

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"Caliaphy, you may stay with Serna if you wish. After all, you did ask to meet someone new." The Bronze Man started to fade from view as time was catching up.

"OH! Thank you! Thank you very much!" The fairy flew up and kissed the cheek of the Bronze Man before he disappeared again. "Serna, only you can see me but all you have to do is ask me and I will reveal myself to your friend there if that's okay with you?"

"Please!" Serna begged, "Please reveal yourself to him. I don't want him or any of my friends to think I'm stark raving mad."

"Teehehehee! Okay!" The fairy giggled when time caught up and everything and everyone was moving again.

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Talos gasped at Serna's new friend, "By the seven heavens! A fairy here? In the city? Wait a second, what just happened? The Ancient Tree is on far north eastern side of Asylum?"

Caliaphy giggled again, "A wrinkle in time happened silly human. Oh my a true elf. Here? Oh cool!"

"It was really The Bronze Man," Serna explained.

"Hello!" Willow smiled, "Who might you be? And where do you hail from?"

"I'm Caliaphy of the Ancient Tree beyond the walls of the Asylum. You can see it from here. There it is." The fairy pointed to the north eastern part of Asylum. Standing high above the wall itself stood the colossal tree.

"Your home is very beautiful," Willow gazed at the tree before he turned back to Caliaphy, "But why are you here?"

"The Bronze Man, huh?" Talos rubbed his chin thoughtfully and then noticed the Swordsman and the Thief returning from their venture down below, "So, how'd it go? What's the word?"

Neven explained word for word to Talos everything that transpired in the Thieves Guild. He explored the nature of the deal they cut with the Thieves and what they had to do to fulfill the end of their bargain. Irzen then asked Talos, "Please tell us everything you know about Zilc. Where he lives, who his friends are, where he drinks his ale, what his habit trails are, who he associates himself with, everything, that we would need to prove whether or not Major Zilc is indeed who he says he is."

Sergeant Talos had had his own suspicions of late but didn't think much of it until now. He surmised that the Bronze Man more than likely knew of this incident as well but kept low key. Direct involvement from the temple would spooked the individuals into leaving town and destroying evidence. "The major lives at the barracks. He has his own private quarters there. All the officers who take up the mantle of head officer live and work from the barracks. He doesn't drink either at least not to my knowledge. Now that you mention it, I did see an odd looking scroll among various others sitting on his desk one day but thought nothing of it. Odd as is in glowing with magic, a faint red color pulsed from it and it gave me the creeps. Two, the Bronze Man may or may not have knowledge of this and doesn't want to get involved. Any involvement from the temple would spook the persons to up and vanish."

"A MYSTERY! Yeaaa! We must solve this puzzle!" Caliaphy squeaked excitedly. She looked back at the ranger, "I'm Serna's new friend and she's my new friend. Making friends is a good thing."