[ It's like herding a bunch of cats, but at least in an empty house, you can sort of hear what's going on downstairs even if you're hiding up in one of the empty bedrooms upstairs. ]

It'll be a quick meeting. Jiro can talk to the crows, and we're going to see if we can learn anything about the Kotengu, or perhaps even getting to talk to him. If there's anything you want to ask the Kotengu, write it down and give it to me so Jiro will have it when he talks to the birds. He's too shy to ask everybody himself, so I'm doing this.

[ That's it for the meeting. It's more of an announcement than a meeting. ]