The group exchanged more intelligence, gradually piecing together the exact sequence of events that had unfolded tonight.
Shade knew when the fighting between the eastern part of the city and the Seekers of Light Research Society had begun;
Although Mr. Bernhardt had remained at an inn in the city, he had rescued a dockworker working the night shift on his way here and therefore knew exactly when trouble had erupted at the docks;
John Flynn and his group had met with a black-market information broker aboard a ship on the Tatton River tonight. They had seen the heavenly fire fall toward the north of the city and knew what had happened when the blaze broke out;
As for the coroner, he had been working here until just now. He only went outside after hearing the cries, by which time the swarm of bats had already begun attacking the Lower District.
John Flynn and his four companions still did not know the specific details of the Battle of the Docks, so they would not discuss whether the "God Summoner" had already found a way to draw the "Sword of Light." After all, to anyone present at the time, the scene of the "Moonlight Dragon" summoning the Moonbeam Greatsword had been far too similar to what had happened atop Belinder Big Ben last week.
The four did not remain long. Only after agreeing with Mr. Albert that they could come find him again in the future did they hurriedly leave. What they had originally intended to do tonight was clearly more than simply trading information on the black market.
Only after those strangers had left did Shade ask the two Bloodkin in the suddenly quiet mortuary:
"Do you truly know nothing about what happened tonight?"
They were not angered by Shade's question