<em>You are, as always, free to do as you please, unless it would bring disgrace upon the Court, or keeps you from performing any duties I request of you,</em>she replies.<br/><br/>The sphinxes return a few minutes later, shaking their heads. "Smuggling ring. Not what we're looking for."<br/><br/>The rest of their destinations, that night, would either be abandoned, or similarly inhabited by people who aren't their targets. A couple look to have been recently abandoned, within the last day, but that's as close as they get to finding the kidnappers.