Kasivelieth and Tiero find Colle and Ylva still studying. "Have you seen Invarioneth?" Kasivelieth asks. "In -" Colle blinks, then realise. "Oh, yes. Why?" "Copper left the breeding room in a hurry," Tiero says. "We thought..." He trails off as Mina comes in, looking worried. "Is he all right? Where did he go?!" "He went by a little while ago," Ylva says. "I thought he looked upset." And after that there is nothing to be done but for the whole lot of them to go looking for Inric. Colle leaves the work on the table without too much regret. It will wait. The first place they visit is the nexus room, where Aldus is sitting reading happily. He looks up at Colle's question, and nods. "So you saw him come in?" "Yes, and he has not gone out again." "Inric is here?" Kelyn's pidgin Eldarin breaks into the conversation. "I have question!" Further into the library - now accompanied by Aldus and Kelyn - they run across Ffion clutching a stack of books. "Oh, yes, he went that way," she says, pointing. "He seemed... distracted."