Devaguea gave the three an tolerantly amused grin, before shrugging. "Well, you all seemed to enjoy your 'light duty' regardless of your results, so bad news first. Might as well get the worst over with so we end on a high note. Even if the good news is she is alive. And the bad news is no one has seen her in years. Just to take a wild guess."<br/><br/>When they confirmed his guesses, with some surprise, he explained his reasoning. After all, what mother would wish to linger where she had constant reminders of her violated sanctuary and missing child or children? He had HOPED there would be something they could use to trace her, but he had expected the outcome, hence why he had sent them out to ask around. After all, the rumor mill was likely churning with stories of a gold dragon sending people to find her, asking about a missing child. At very least, he would wait a week to see if she maintained contact with people in the city, and came to see if he had news. And it got the two lovebirds some time in an exotic location and away from work. Sadly, their work WAS piling up, so he teleported the two back home, and spent the week rotating the female advisors and companions through the town, letting them have time off to enjoy the sights. He wanted to set up a teleport circle to out here, great trade possibilities, but there wasn't anything available that suited his needs currently. Everything was either tiny or not for sale to an outsider.<br/><br/>Still, at the end of his week of loitering in Tian Xia, he knew the tongues were wagging, and anyone with an ear to the rumor mill knew about a foreign gold dragon with a large collection of outsiders who had been asking about the gold dragon Yviorth, the Red Lady, and the solar dragon Daybursun. He had less an inclination to meet the solar dragon, but wouldn't turn down a meeting if offered.