"Oh, that's easy." replies your host. "Enlightened self interest. Name's Jean Baptiste, by the way. I'm a local boy, as I'm sure you figured out." he adds as he settles into the booth, waving at the newcomers to join you.<br/><br/>"You see .. well, I'm presuming you know more or less how things stand right now. Most of the big action isn't happening round here, but there's still enough small stuff going on to keep us busy. Occasionally them upstairs manage to exchange a little information stuff that goes beyond their own areas of interest. One interesting little titbit was that there seem to be a number of seers and such like, well, vanishing. Now, we don't know if they're being killed, turned, or just disappearing, but they do help provide early warning for the likes of ourselves, and small problems can turn into big ones if they're not caught in time."<br/><br/>He gave a small shrug. "Maybe it's something, maybe it's not, but it raised enough eyebrows that it was decided it ought to be looked into, and well, here you are."