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The man sighed then, and nodded. "It's... my daughter. A couple of weeks ago she just.. vanished. And with her mother gone, I mean... I made a promise to keep her safe and... this just isn't like her."

He took a deep breath, paused a moment to gather his thoughts, and went forward. "I'm not a very wealthy businessman. I'm not a naturally born shintenchi citizen, and so I suffer from the usual prejudices that come with being a forigner in the market. But I've never been bothered by it. I make enough to get by. And when my daughter was born, I could not have been happier. That girl has been my pride and joy every day since me and her mother brought her home. For the past several years I've been raising her myself... though the term raising hardly fits, more than not she's been the one taking care of me"

He chuckled softly, a smile breaking out on his face, before worry set back in. "But... two weeks ago she left to get us bread and milk, and I haven't seen her since. Of course I went to the police, and all the proper channels, but I'm not nearly important enough to expect they'll actually put in the effort. THey may as well have told me they couldn't be bothered with it. That is why I... I am forced to ask for help from you, no offense."