The aura of fear was telling, as it implied that those that went missing didn't come back, which implied sacrifice to boost the power of the spell. A quick look around, and he slipped from his usual 'merchant' mindset to the 'hunter killer' mind set, which would be distantly polite to those not involved, as if distracted, but very short and to the 'point' with those that were. His daughters and sons were vanishing from their homes, and that... angered him, as even the constructs that preformed assassination duties followed the rules that the home and family were sacred, and wouldn't kill the target if they were with them. Of course, a couple seconds of being 'alone' would be enough for them, so the rules were more an optional challenge than something to really work around, and since they weren't announced, no one seemed to have realized they existed yet. He asked about, seeing if the locals were willing to talk, and guiding the conversations toward where the people went missing, to see if there was a usual 'hunting grounds' the summoners used.