If Surkil notices Alizome following him, he gives no sign of it. Unfortunately, all you learn is that Surkil is sufficiently embedded in the legal economy, and sufficiently well resourced, to call upon Houses d'Sivis and d'Kundarak for his needs – and their security is impenetrable to a casual investigation. Presumably, he's making arrangements for the additional funds you requested to be made available. Through a certain outlay of stealth, bribe and charm you're able to determine that he sent two additional messages unrelated to his dealings with House d'Kundarak.<br/><br/>Though you're unable to determine the contents of either, the first was to the House d'Sivis message station in Greywall, Droaam, for delivery to the entrepreneur Vorgath. Given the cost-per-character for a transmission of that distance, you can bet Surkil's not making a casual enquiry of his old friend's health. The second, more mysteriously, for collection from a d'Sivis message station in the city of Sharn. The destination tells you little, given Sharn's nature as a hub for activities of all kinds, you do learn that it is for release to an individual known as Khurystas – whoever that is. {House d'Sivis messages are somewhat like a telegraph. There's no possibility of an immediate response, nor even of the messages reaching their destination for a day or so}.<br/><br/>{I'll post the<span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind's</span>departure as soon as I'm able. It's a slightly longer post than the response to Sansuki, and is the correct chronological order anyway.}