He shrugged. "You really think these Lords of Rust aren't holding our target hostage? The only other options are she is working with them, or was killed by them when they rolled into town. I pay attention to patterns, and these idiots so far haven't missed one of the classic ones yet."<br/><br/>He led the way to the gate house, and went straight to the boss. "Good news, or rather really bad news. Birdsy's birds came down with a spontaneous and extremely terrible case of dead. This made him sad, so he jumped off the roof."