He smiled and nodded. "Yes, old, and I do mean OLD, friend of my Grans. Bard of the same type as her. Near as I can tell they have been together, not that way," the last was added at the interested look Miyuki was giving him, "since they came into existence. Very talented self taught caster, very persuasive. Also exceedingly dangerous. Hence why I am not saying anything about what she looked like or where to find her."<br/><br/>He gestured to the rooms. "We met, we talked, she mentioned heading they are trying to add more males to the population and she is not amused by me upending her plan to convince the lord to accept their offer. Not enough to move against us, I can't do that much, but she is going to have to offer more to the lord now to get what she wants."