"I want to know if there's any smuggling going on in the city." Rachel folds her hands. "Especially, like, how they get stuff in. Or out."

There might be a clue in there, she thinks. A way out.

"I also want to find out about stories. Folklore, legends, rumors about people coming to or leaving the city. Because sometimes, if you go back far enough, those things have a kernel of truth in them. If we know what someone did and whether or not it worked, it might help us."