They ask about the red head.

"Well," Started the lightly built man "One thing I'm puzzled about is what happened to your accent." Not quite sure about what the man was talking about Brenan kept quiet, "Down by the docks, I'd have sworn you were a Cryn Merchant, but now you sound more like you're from Western Veertor." Brenan at last had a clue about what was going on, but silence was still the best gambit.

"The other thing that we found puzzling is you claimed to have spent a good part of last night with the red headed woman who lifted your purse, but we were with the same woman for a good part of last night." Brenan's mind raced as he tried to come up with a reasonable explanation that did not endanger, himself, his ship or his crew. Before he could come up with an acceptable response, the larger of the two men interrupted.

"We want to know what you did with Sasha and where she is now." A direct question gives away a lot, but it is also hard to ignore or evade. Brenan tried to put the pressure back on the pair.

"You two don't look like typical Veertor henchmen." He stated quietly watching for their reactions as he spoke. Inky blinked his eyes one time but other than that gave no indication that he even heard Brenan's charge, but Big Wrists blustered in a combination of anger and indignation.

"We don't have anything to do with Veer, and hopefully never will." Brenan found himself believing the man, he was either as straight as the blade that hung from his sword belt, or he was a far better actor than swordsman.

"OK" Nodded Brenan "If you're not Veer agents, then who are you, and why do you care about Sasha?"

"He's not working for the Empire either, Julien." Inky turned to Brenan and offered a hand that Brenan ignored for the time being. After a second, the hand was set down on the table and the man continued. "My name is James and this is my brother Julien."

"I don't care who he works for, I want to know what he did with Sasha!"

"She's safe." Brenan started shifting his attention to Julien. "If you like I can bring her a message for you. If she chooses to she can contact you."

"That's not good enough mister." Julien's voice wasn't any louder than before, but Brenan could hear the intensity in his tone. "I'm not letting you out of my sight until you take me to see Sasha." Xelta save me from young lovers - thought Brenan to himself before he answered with another question. The longer he could keep the young men talking the better idea he'd have of what he was dealing with.

"I'd need to know a lot more about your relationship to Sasha (He was using her name now like he had always known her) before I'd risk taking you to where she is hiding." The pair looked at each other for a few seconds almost like they were having an unspoken conversation before James tried to explain.