24 VII We Seek Help From a Higher Power. So here we have a mystery, and no clues. That is not how it is supposed to go. In the books, there is always some handy hint that the detective picks up early on, even if its meaning is not immediately clear. Every fresh mystery that arises comes with its own convenient clue attached, so I call it mighty unfair that this one is still so impenetrable. But a useful person does not simply wait for clues to materialise. If information is lacking, the wise person goes to wherever information is likely to be found. I have a friend in Glour. Her name is Evastany, Lady Glostrum, and she is a part-blood Lokant. They are a race of beings far more ancient than we are. In fact they claim to have created both draykoni and humans alike, which sounds far-fetc