<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c6/f8/30/c6f8301a8c49af82b058aae78e2aae80.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Hogg Vernon</span></strong></span><br/>The Barkeep<br/><hr/><br/>"Aye, there have been mishaps," Hogg answered truthfully, though he didn't wish to go into detail.   "Some things have been able t'get in, an' some things have not been able t'get out.  As to why, I dunnae.  I'm jes' a barkeep, not a wizard."<br/><br/>Vernon Hogg did not know what Princess Aishah was referring to when she spoke at length about a list.  He had not been nearby when that had occurred, and it had been his policy never to listen in on the conversations of his patrons.  However, when Princess Aishah explained what she had meant, the barkeep declined.<br/><br/>"Ma'am, I'd like t'help ye, but I serve drinks," he said.  "There is a fellow whose sort of a busybody that might have that sort of information, but you won't find 'im 'ere.  You should probably send one of yer' men, because the fellow's a pervert."  He gave the description of a blond human male who answered to the name "Mouser," and a description of his approximate location along the beach.<br/><br/>Then, finally, he answered the last question simply:<br/><br/>"As fer' the horses, they're used to ferry wood an' stone along the beach usin' carts an' keels.  No one's ridin' 'em for pleasure."