>>5635710>>5635683>>5635643>>5635587>leaveSira is not obligated to help them out. His duty is to investigate the murders, and risking it all to save one person is not a worthy trade.
His crew uses his misfortune as an opportunity to sneak up the second floor.
Discoloration are clearly seen on the wood — dark brown and reds have stained the once bright wheat brown wooden stairs. Dried blood. There must’ve been a lot of falls for it to accumulate this much.
Beyond the stairs lies a pair of sliding doors. It pretends to be merely paper, just like the rest, but touching it reveals it has been heavily reinforced with wood. Several metal locks are on the outside, preventing people inside from leaving.
After pressing their ears against the ground and floor, they have determined there were no people here.
As for the locks, the crew have prepared for this. Each of them carry a rolled up cloth that contains lockpicks and chisels. It didn’t take long until all of them were unlocked.
Opening the doors, they are greeted with rows of looms that stretch across the entire floor.
There doesn’t seem to be anything unusual about the looms, aside from modifications to the foot levers, which are smaller than usual. The chairs are a little strange, being quite small for an adult human.
..Actually, everything here is small. All these needles, beaters, knives, scissors, they’re way too small for an adult.
Unlike the northern or central provinces, the population of goblins in Shadowfall is very small — certainly not enough to supply this mill if those crossed out names are referring to goblins. The lack of surnames and the small stature.. they’re [human] children, most likely.
Child labor (and stimulants).
So that’s the secret behind pumping out intricate clothes at a breakneck rate.
