With their lodging secure and the Dragon-Blooded still en route, Velius could now focus his attention on the city itself.  Nexus may be a large, complex city, but one must start somewhere after all.  Velius has a target in mind, but first he must put his Pet's resources to good use.<br/><br/>Knowing all too well that he is not yet invulnerable, his first order of business is protection.  For that, he approaches the Hooded Executioners, the most widespread mercenary company in Nexus.  When one is trying to approach the woman in charge of hiring mercenaries for Council contracts, it pays to do so guarded by the mercenary company she herself prefers.  After a bit of negotiating, Velius comes away with a fang of bodyguards: five in number, and all female at his specification.<br/><br/>Next he approaches a tailor, for some higher quality outfits more fitting to the local fashions.  While not chic enough for nobility, he is after all passing himself off as a merchant for now, so dressing down is appropriate to his purported station.  His new clothes are, regardless, more attractive than the stolen ones he was wearing.<br/><br/>Now looking the part of a well-heeled and successful merchant, with entourage befitting, he begins to watch the Dawn Sergeant Pellicia, of the Council of Nexus, as he watches the Solar target.  He tracks her movements, learning where she goes, who she associates with, and hopefully what her tastes and preferences are.