Bren leads Kynes up the neglected bell tower, cloak drawn around the receipts and sealed name-card. Below, dock smoke thins over Baldur’s Gate as distant bells mark the hours before dawn.
Seln remains hidden in a safe waterfront lodging, while Bren and Kynes climb alone. Dusty stairs wind beneath warped beams, and the tower’s cracked windows overlook the merchant quarter.
Bren
The payments prove Vey served someone else, love. Marrow Quill paid for the hunt, but the name tells us nothing about what he wants from the vessel.
At the bell platform, Bren unfolds the receipts beneath the pale sky. Inked transfers, false freight charges, and repeated payments to Vey’s agents form a careful trail toward the Marrow Quill.
Bren
We can confront Vey first, with this in hand, or follow Quill’s trail through the merchant quarter before he learns Seln’s records are gone.
Bren
If Quill has other agents in the city, rushing him may scatter the only trail we have.
Bren
Your warning to Vey already changed the board, love. Tell me whether we make him answer now, or hunt the hand that paid him.
Confront Vey with the payment proof