Not sure what you were getting at, VV and WD. Do you have a problem with the pace of the game? Should I have assumed someone was going to kill that NPC?
I just waited for a signal that Jalaan is in the same scene. The pace of the game is fine. Perhaps you just didn't note that we were waiting for a 'Jalaan and Muzdum arrive at the scene...' post.
Sorry, my poor understanding of the language sometimes makes my sentences sound offensive or other things, but I didn't meant it to sound like that. Sorry again for the confusion.
One must remember that ENWorld is international (its owned by a Brit, for limey's sake!) so we have all sorts. One of my DMs is French Canadian whose English works well... except when it doesn't.