[ She smiled at him, her lips quirked into a smile that says, very clearly, that it was after -- and it's a good thing she doesn't explain. It's awkward. Don't worry about it. ]

All of this.

[ From Akua, it's refreshingly honest in her tone. ] A malady that I can only see possible as through some sort of magic, no mages, and yet there were clearly some at some point, given the contents of both your book and mine.

[ She held up her own, a history tome of sorts. There are figures all over in it. ] There were mages, sorcerers, plenty of the types that would jump at the chance to at the very least study it.

I've met few sorcerers that didn't look at something like what's happening here, and be determined to be the one to solve it. Even more confusing is the fact that there are none here. The rest of the people were blighted, but they weren't?

Were they eradicated early? Perhaps even the source of all of this?

Mr. Tibbs has certainly been... close mouthed about it. Which suggests to me that he knows, and does not wish to share for a reason.