Outside the door of the King's Study:  (A little past actioning, so sorry for that, but I'll try to make it weightless!)<br/>Maggie had nodded to Furyk when he found her outside the study.  She'd been feeling more scattered than she wanted to admit.  Between the Wake preparations, the new guests and their remarkable auras, and her otherwise strange day thus far, she was unpleasantly distractable, and knew it.  She would have turned awkwardly and walked with him for moment, long enough to get outside the ears of the in-laws, and quickly told him about the fence that her friend was tracking.   She mentioned that he was new enough to the area that even the less pleasant element was uneasy with him, and with the apparently largish bauble he was trying to sell, which may or may make him a lead in the killing.  She told him that she was planning to head back later on, meet her contact, and track him herself, which she seemed oddly confident that she could do.  But given the circumstances, she wanted to let him know anything that was afoot.  "Nah much t' go on, so Oi did na want t' waste yer toime.  But th' devil is in th' details, eh?" chuckling, adding with a curious brow quirk:  "Y' did na lose anythin' here, did ye?"<br/>Maggie said she needed to rush, but would stop by later, if for any reason he wanted to give advice, or if he wanted the name of her contact so he could look into it himself.  Like as not, the Captain probably knew who she was sleeping with in town, but he might not know which of those people was involved in such things.  She didn't relish the thought of stopping by, really, but she was a little too stimulated just now to bother with the fact that she didn't like the Captain too much.<br/>Dammit, she thought as she was trotting down the steps to the kitchen.  She forgot to ask about Joel.<br/>--------------------------<br/>Maggie happily took the hand offered to her, glad that he seemed both oblivious and gentlemanly towards her strangeness.<br/>As they walked, she would ask Endorel in all seriousness if she could have one of those tarts before the wake.  "Na t' eat, mind ye." she said, looking around to see who else was nearby.  When she saw that she wouldn't be overheard, she continued:  "Tha' bunch I mentioned.. They're th' same ones Oi hang th' flowers for.  For one o' those treats, they might 'elp with a hangin' Oi think we'd all loik t' see, nah t' bring it up." And then, as if noticing her voice was too grave, said:  "An' Oi still got t' ask what ye put in those things!"<br/>When they got back to the kitchen, she was surprised that Lila was off on another errand.  "Fun timing, tha'.  If Oi'd tarry'd longer wit' th' Captain, Oi would na 'ave had t' ask ye fir one.."