[Whether or not the newbies have been given the run-down, Sholmes is not a man to wade through the more intriguing aspects of life without learning of them himself. In this case, the circumstances regarding the Daitengu do apply, as do the little clay figurines popping up here and there.]

A lazy investigator is hardly an investigator at all. Surely you exaggerate. [She didn't ask for his opinion but she's getting it anyway.] Still... I should like to hear what you've uncovered sometime. The sooner I can continue my work, the better.