"Huh?" Vlad said innocently, sitting across the table from the rest, with his hands clasped in front of him. "Who said that?? I didn't say that."

"It's kinda obvious by now, Vlad," the bird-shaped black creature said, their mouth not visible but their red eyes narrowed.

The lion, over their shoulder, added, "You been hintin' at this big action plan fer months now--"

"--Something that would require access to Assembly hearings," interjected the large white creature with the horns on its nose.

"--But it is not any of the clerks behind this, or I would know," the red-headed spirit added, while the baby at their shoulder made to grasp their finger as they pointed to themself.

"--And clearly they live in the Palace," the spirit with the sideburns continued, ticking off on their fingers, "Have access to Enodia to get a load of radios, and are an experienced spellworker."

"Also, this is his handwriting," Milou said brightly, while Luu merely gave Vlad a mute, rather smug smile. "In fact, some of the parts on these blueprints came from my forge."

"Okay, okay," Vlad admitted reluctantly, flushing. "Yes, it's the Cynn. Just don't ask how I ended up in contact with him."

No one said anything, but they all looked at Vlad. He frowned. "What?"