Conner raised an eyebrow at Aileen, "To verify if the bones are no more then just bones." Conner states, "If a possible masquerade breach is detected it is my responsibility to investigate and make sure that it is not exactly that." The Reeve explains, "Investigations come across my desk every day. Rock stars with a vampire fetish, women who's writing is just a bit to accurate for comfortability. It is part of the job. But what I want to know is, how did that set of bones make it out of Bulgaria without being investigated by either the Kine or Kindred communities. And now it is in Alder Prince Clarke's domain."