If the Coven in Dorchact's been keeping their dirty secret this long, there's no reason to believe they'll be forthright with the Coven here or the Parliament--or even allow anyone in to look around. [does he sound mad? ...he definitely sounds mad.]

Which is to say there might be some value in finding other ways to verify or disprove what we've seen.

Suppose it's too much to hope anyone who's managed to escape the city could've survived long outside it. Places like that always have refugees. [from family experience.]