Nights later, the inn is packed and it seems like half of Verum is crammed into The Broken Oak. Apparently, word has spread that this area of the city is considered to be relatively plague free.

You settle into your usual table and the evening's conversation turns to the origin of the Unknown Horrors you had encountered upon leaving Verum.

Midge's legs swing as he sits on one of the beams above you, sitting next to him copying his every move is the Mute Boy you saved from Bastone. He still does not talk, but he and Midge have become fast friends. The younger boy becoming the older one's shadow, picking up his mannerisms. Although speech still eludes him he is a fast study and he has picked up little bits of The Knock here and there that Greycane has taught him. This has given him just enough skill to communicate when he dislikes Bram's cooking, which the others find amusing. It feels good to have a bit of laughter around the place.