A Costly Meal

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Tonatiuh wishes to send you back to Wolekdorf with his apologies.

— In-game description

Steps

While thankful that you came to find him, Tonatiuh does not wish to return with you to Wolekdorf, and asks that you convey his apologies to Sandman.

No sooner do you tell Sandman about Tonatiuh's decision than a panicked amaro arrives bearing word of trouble. It appears an amaro has devoured a porxie familiar, and its Nu Mou owner is none too pleased. The suspicion for the crime soon falls upon Tonatiuh, who is ignorant of the ways of Il Mheg. While Sandman has words with his own to make certain the culprit isn't among them, he bids you speak with the aggrieved Nu Mou for their account of the incident.

According to the aggrieved Nu Mou, their porxie was devoured while out gathering herbs. At your suggestion that the culprit was likely an amaro from outside Il Mheg, and not a creature of Wolekdorf, the Nu Mou demands you find and bring Tonatiuh to them for questioning. The young amaro is likely to still be close to the scene of the crime, somewhere in Voeburtenburg.

After a brief search, you manage to locate Tonatiuh, who blithely admits to having devoured the porxie. The revelation that what he consumed wasn't a wild animal, but a Nu Mou's cherished familiar, comes as a tremendous shock to the young amaro.

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