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He had to maintain his composure, though. Getting riled up here was pointless. Finding useful intel was the only thing that mattered. If this place couldn't help in that regard, then he should just keep heading north.

It had been a long trip so far, walking cross-country on foot like this. His friction power let him move much more quickly over sufficiently level terrain, but Vantalay was so huge that it would still be a couple more days before he reached his destination, barring any unforeseen complications.

His actual objective for this journey was not merely to gain intel, however. It was to reach the town of Kristol, where the infamous Bridgewater Prison was located. According to his contact at the RPMP, that was where the man named "John Wright" was being held.

That whole situation had been a mess of its own to unravel. When the request came down from Lord Goffe himself to look for this Wright character, the Rainlords hadn't really known what to do about it. Apparently, Lord Goffe said that it wasn't a priority, but hey, it was an opportunity to go for bonus points. And the Blackburn Triplets loved bonus points.

So Raul decided to risk asking the RPMP about him. The guy's name wasn't actually John Wright, after all. It was Donald Elias. So using it wouldn't expose his Atreyan ties.

It might give the RPMP the impression that they were working with Intar, however, because apparently, John Wright was captured with a group of Intarian spies some fifteen years ago.

So yeah. A mess.

He'd gotten permission from his elders in Miro, though, so that was a plus. Unlike the last time, when the Triplets had sorta-kinda gone off without telling anyone, resulting in two of them getting captured, he had actual approval for his recklessness, now.