"What came? What?"
Angel was completely baffled and, for a moment, couldn't follow the other woman's train of thought.
Daly nodded with an understanding expression. "If you're feeling unwell, get some rest early. I'll find someone else to catch that 'Artisan'..."
Hearing the word "Artisan," Angel's heart tightened. She instinctively touched Bloodthirst, the revolver at her waist.
Could it be Kavi, the "Artisan" who had appraised her Mystical Item this afternoon? Was she an unaffiliated Beyonder who had been reported?
"I'm fine. I was just a little tired this afternoon, and I skipped dinner, so I got too hungry... Who is this 'Artisan' you mentioned?"
Angel waved a hand as if nothing was wrong and asked.
"It's a wanted notice issued by the Machinery Hivemind in Enmat Harbor yesterday. It only reached us now. Tomaz, one of their members and the team's Artisan, went missing after killing two of his teammates during a mission yesterday."
"Is the name of his Potion 'Artisan'?"
Angel immediately thought of Kavi, who had appraised Bloodthirst for her today. She was also called an Artisan. Perhaps it was a Potion from a Pathway controlled by the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, like the Church of the Evernight Goddess's Sleepless?
Daly shook her head, took a wanted notice from the cold-looking man speaking with her behind her, and handed it to Angel.
It depicted a man around thirty years old, with short hair, a long narrow face, and thick-rimmed glasses. He looked like a schoolteacher.
Since the sketch offered limited detail, several keywords were written beneath it: short dark brown hair, wearing a black trench coat, loose gray trousers, and thick leather boots when he disappeared, with an accent characteristic of the northern kingdom.
"Tomaz was a civilian employee of the Machinery Hivemind.