[ Thancred isn't bothered by Rhy's demeanor, as his is much the same. It's difficult to be casual or easygoing in the face of adversity when the lives of friends are in the balance. Which means that there's going to be a distinct lack of pithy comments from him overall, at least until he feels like they've made some progress in solving this mystery. ]

I have a lead or two, but that aside, I'm of two minds about approaching Lord Vela.

[ And Rhy is one of the few Summoned who has also treated with the man in some way, so if there's anyone to ask, it's him.

He lowers his voice. ] On one hand, we need all the information and assistance that we can get. On the other, when these disappearances were brought up to him before, rumor has it that he had some dismissive explanation for them.

[ Which might have just been naivete, but what if it's something more suspicious? ]