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Of course it is wise of Our Lord to send me back instead of allowing me the indulgence to keep working on this with you ... that having been said, if you need backup, let me know. Agree that this is best kept out of MLE's hands, and in ours instead.

Was able to have long conversations with Hypatia and Eggman, neither of whom strike me as anything other than what they purport to be, and plenty of time with Cinderella. Am still not sure about her. I'll make my way around this week one by one. Searches to come much, much later; I truly would collapse if I tried to go through all of them with as much detail as I ought.

Still not sure how I feel about this. Like a foundation has been shaken, I suppose.

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alt_crouch_jr

Should have liked to drink to our success, at least, before you had to go. Understand He needs you to be His eyes there. Wish you'd been able to stay for the rest of His examination of our gift. Gratifying. To say the least.

Was with Bella this evening. Would like to have questioned S herself. Of course. Assured her there was no subtlety needed in that interrogation--and nothing overlooked.

She was, obv, as interested as we were in the possibility of a sprog.

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alt_antonin

If we are able to confirm that rumour is more than just a pipedream, N will be most interested -- I know how heavily matters of the last few years weigh on her. Of course, finding the child would be difficult, but I am certain she would put her foot down once we have.

And I am likewise certain Bella would like nothing more than to take over the investigation herself, but her irrationality on the matter means it's best in your hands. (Do not tell her I said that.)

Where are you in the followup? Were you able at all to pin S down any more firmly on dates and times? I've been looking over my notes and I am having difficulty making sense of half of his babble. We may not have overlooked anything, but that does not mean what we got was at all useful. Merlin knows how long it will take you to turn any of that into actionable intelligence.

About as long as it will take me to be satisfied with my investigations here, I suppose. Telling the difference between well-hidden active sedition and an apolitical devotion to academe without raising suspicion is one thing; doing so while juggling my six thousand other urgent tasks is quite another. I've my ideas for where to look -- she has well and truly isolated herself, which does not rule out those she is not publicly seen to consort with but does suggest I ought look at the few she does not shun outright -- but we have been this wrong-footed for so long that I will not assume the easy answers are the only answers.

Come to the castle for dinner on Monday, if you have freed yourself well enough by then. I will think better if I think aloud, and I would like to see reactions to a few casual references.

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alt_crouch_jr

Actionable intelligence. Yes. Definitely some. Weakness: murky timeline. e.g., the trade in infant/toddler paraphernalia. Once? Twice? More?

Prioritising list for follow-up.

Immediate:

ASAP: Retrace surveillance trail. Seize evidence. Impound goods. Surveil/interr./arrest

Ongoing:

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alt_antonin

That all sounds like an excellent and quite sensible set of priorities.

For tomorrow. For now, go to sleep, solnyshko. You may be young enough to miss sleeping two nights in a row, but do not do it if you don't need to. This will be more of a long slog than a short victory -- of that, I have no doubt.