Sierra handed them to Cifero and leaned over his shoulder to read them.
Ruby sighed
"I apologize if I was a bit of a brat earlier...the servants used to spoil me so I am used to being treated like a "princess" by them. Father may not have done the same but I was still used to it." She took a bite of the sandwiche.
The crat peered at the writing, just able to make it out through the bloodstains. "Hm... that's not good," he said. "According to these, Daisy, while on the way home, got stunned by a strange group of people who..." Cifero blinked. "... Who pinned her to the wall and tried to take her gem." He flipped to the next page. "What's more, they seemed to know something about her abilities, which is why they attacked her in the first place..." Turning to the last page, Cifero furrowed his brow. "She managed to get free, then lost them in the city before returning here, but whatever they had used to cut into her had left her mortally wounded... but she still has her gem." The crat looked down at the wound on his belly. "... Who do you think it could've been?"
Cassy nodded slowly. "I see," she replied, biting into her own sandwich and chewing thoughtfully as something occurred to her. "... Why belly dancing?"
Zanthe surpressed the urge to tense up as Devin touched her abdomen, but was unable to stop her cheeks from coloring ever so slightly. "Yes," she said, keeping her initial reply to-the-point. "Though the stab wound still has some way to go."