The demon woman stood by the window with one hand resting against her arm while the hooded figure knelt behind her, waiting for permission to speak.
She had been in a poor mood since Serpent's Pit failed, and that mood only got worse after hearing that the planted core had not been recovered. A ruined test was annoying enough, but not knowing who ruined it was worse.
"Well?" she asked, her voice calm in a way that made the warning inside it even clearer. "You said you found the one I was looking for, so speak."
"I found him," the hooded demon replied, keeping his head lowered. "The one who cleared Serpent's Pit is a human named Shu."
That answer did not impress her.
"And?" she asked, finally turning halfway toward him. "You went all the way there just to bring me a name?"
The figure paused for a moment, then lowered his head a little further.
"I did not find much else on him," he said. "Very little, actually."
