Eddy lifts an eyebrow at Tumna's suggestion. "You may be on to something there. Perhaps Gogsmol knew the beast was in his warehouse. I don't recall him being surprised when we told him about it. Perhaps, too, Gogsmol wanted the 'thief' dead, even though, as you suggest, perhaps he was no thief, perhaps it was a man who Gogsmol had some personal vendetta against."
Throwing an apologetic look at Bru he adds, "I'm sure that would be hard to believe, but perhaps, anyway."
Back to Tumna, and now Borkel, he continues: "So say Gogsmol wants this gem, and knows this man (he may or may not like) has it. So he simply makes an agreement to sell the man something (it could be anything--doesn't matter) and tells the man to meet him at his warehouse. But! Instead of going to the warehouse to make the exchange, Gogsmol sits at home and polishes his gold and oils his hair, while the man with the gem goes to the warehouse in good faith where he is killed by the creature. Then, in accordance with his plan, Gogsmol goes to the Red Dragon and hires us to go in later to retrieve the gem for him, but he doesn't want to tell us about the gem because he doesn't think he can trust us. Well, I for one, am insulted and believe we ought to teach Gogsmol a lesson in trust by keeping the gem."
Eddy nods knowingly. "An interesting theory, Tumna. It explains everything except the thieves' tools we found on the body."
