"That's right. I studied under him for about four years, although it usually wasn't with the classes. I mostly used the books and did my own studies, since I couldn't come in at regular times. It was in 1709, I believe... that things started growing strange in the city. It's always been a little strange, but even that was changing.

"There was a powerful family named the Dormentaire that came into Lotto Valentino in search of someone. I don't know exactly what happened, but they stayed in the city for a year. After that... it appears they came to consider the city their enemy."