Miss Beyas didn't arrive until just before eight o'clock, her hair still wet as she followed Shard upstairs. Once seated, she complained to Shard and Miss Annette:
"This afternoon, our task force received a last-minute mission and was sent to the northern sewer to catch a few bold individuals selling forbidden goods. Do you know what it smells like in the Tobesk Underground Pipeline?"
She made an indescribable face:
"You'd better hope you never find out. After the mission, I went home and bathed for an entire hour before the smell began to fade."
"I don't smell anything odd now."
Miss Annette said, while Shard went to the kitchen to get some bread; Miss Beyas had come on an empty stomach, and hadn't even dried her hair completely.
"That's because I used perfume, very expensive perfume."
She tried to gesture the shape of the perfume bottle:
