[9S just hanging near a fire hydrant, trying to determine how ye olde hydrants work...

He offers a little quirking smile, though - there's a tiny bit of tightness there that suggests some amount of stress, but life in Middleton is stressful like 90% of the time lately, anyway.]

I just wanted to talk to you for a moment. Have you heard of any disappearances over in Eastside lately? Within the last week or two, specifically - but anything before then would be fine, too.