Faolan glances up at her and his expression is tight. He's trying not to let on how nervous this makes him, how concerned, how worried he is. But it's there, and it's the truth, for anyone who could see through the anger. For there's a healthy share of that there as well.

"I don't know," he says, honestly, before backtracking slightly. He knows that he has to explain himself, that simply stalking around in his office like he is is helping no one. "A friend of mine has gone missing," he explains. "It isn't like him to just disappear like this. I think... I have reason to believe that something has happened to him."