Colle leans over the paper Inric is reading. "So I suggest this colony had around 500 people by the year 920," she says. Inric says nothing, staring thoughtfully at the page. "Do you disagree?"
"I do not dispute your conclusions," he says, which isn't much help.
"What are you thinking?"
"How likely is it that this is an isolated event?" He looks really concerned. "How many other worlds have had undocumented Eldarin settlers? And what is the best way to investigate, if by their nature they left no records?"
"You could do worse than look at myths and legends in different, ah, worlds." Colle grins. "That would be so much fun to study!"