Gates eyes widen as he takes in the jade orb of an Imperial Magistrate. You can see a flicker of something pass across his face, a shade too fast to tell what. "Hai, Magistrate sama." he replies. "I'm afraid my duty does not permit me to leave this place, but the building of the Thunder Guard is right next to ours." His hand gestures out the door and to the right. "I am sure the Gunso there would be only too glad to assist you in your duties."<br/><br/>As Meiwa spoke his eyes flicked to her, her scroll case, and back up. He seemed quite aware of what that meant. "That house is about halfway down the island." replied Gate, again pointing. "It lies on the east side, near the waters edge, across from the House of Foreign Stories."