[That happiness is infectious, even if it is a little bit surprising. Most people don't take on a manhunt with so much enthusiasm - but, well. Krone is anything but "like most people". She's extraordinary.]

It'd be so much easier if they'd given us a properly stocked kitchen...

[Wait. Kitchen. Kitchen in an old house. Fireplaces!]

Would ashes work, do you think? I'd normally think they'd be too light, but it's not as though this place has a strong cross-breeze anywhere through it. And there's the hearth in the dining hall....