Larteis gnawed his claws as they spoke. One woman entering snapped at his suggestion to tell the guards. "Stories?" He whispered. Avis frowned at the woman, glancing aside at Larteis. Her harshness towards him seemed unnecessary to Avis. But she shifted back on the heels of her feet and listened.<br/><br/>As Magnus described the amulets, Larteis' ears pricked. "Tree symbol?" He asked, sitting up. It sounded like what had been left in the wake of his sister's disappearance. Forcing back the memory of the empty bed, he said, "that sounds like those necklaces that appear after someone disappears. All those stories of people vanishing." Bellant raised his head and glanced at him worriedly.<br/><br/>Avis turned her head to look at him, arching an eyebrow. "That sounds plausible, except… How do you know what the amulets look like?" She doubted he had anything to do with the disappearances- he seemed awfully nervous for someone involved in a mass conspiracy. Although she supposed that sort of thing could make someone nervous.<br/><br/>Larteis blanched. "I…" He fumbled for an answer that wouldn't involve his sister until he realized that plenty of people had vanished that weren't necessarily Alftaran royalty. "…My sister vanished," he blurted. "What appeared when she was gone was… A golden amulet. There was a symbol of a tree on it." He glanced down, biting his lip. "Does that sound like what they had?"