"Why not?" Tiero scowls. "You know I found his wyrbeast?" "Yes..." "I found him in your house." "What?!" "That was the night I followed Tanis. He went to meet your uncle." "So -" Orien can't make sense of all the new information. "I knew you were speaking the truth," he says, as though that was at the top of her mind. "But what was the traveller doing in your house? Did your uncle invite him in?" At last, something that she can answer, and she remembers the incident very clearly. "No, he threw him out when he came that day." "See?" Tiero folds his arms. "Definitely dubious."