<argylecape> Oh?

<PennyLane> Well

<PennyLane> What if it's all in people's heads?

<PennyLane> Like, that's crazy, right? It's a physical condition, it makes no sense

<PennyLane> But Bedlam is the goddess of chaos and madness, right?

<PennyLane> What if it's people going mad that does it?

<PennyLane> Losing hope, or even, what if just by believing they're turning into Picassos they do

<PennyLane> And then all the DoS-originated paranoia is not only useless, it's actively dangerous

<argylecape> Could be. Sadde turned when they were upset and scared. And that sometimes happens with capes.

<argylecape> I'm not sure, though. One of the picassos I've heard was scared of turning but the others were doing different things. 

<PennyLane> Right, that's why it's not super obvious that it's true

<PennyLane> But I think I'm onto something

<PennyLane> Just not sure what

<argylecape> Yeah.

<PennyLane> Anyway I gotta go

<PennyLane> Aunt Karla wants to have dinner and go to bed

<argylecape> Okay. Talk to you later.

She goes about her evening, and resumes her stakeout late the following morning.

Dougal is in his office, tap tap tapping away at his computer nonthreateningly.

Also she has a message waiting for her in the morning.

She checks it out.

<GenderBender> Hey!

<GenderBender> So I found some info on Montgomery

<GenderBender> Turns out he used to work for the D.o.S. but he's listed as missing

<GenderBender> It's a very very tiny note, though, apparently he didn't really have lots of people who missed him

<GenderBender> He was only reported as missing when he failed to show up to work for a whole week without notice

And there's a link to a short news article on this.

She reads it.