[....ahaha. Right.] Nay, there is nothing to forgive. I was unclear. I would trust your inclination on the matter more than my own but unfortunately you were not here to hear it. It startled me so that my feelings can't help but be negative. [It scared him so he automatically assumes the worse about it. Maybe she would have been able to pick up something different had she been here...

Also he doesn't have the experience that she does in this weirdly specific department...]

An interesting theory. I suppose just because it is ominous it does not make it evil. I fear only they could answer those questions, however, and even I could not get them to talk further on the matter. [He tried with all his usual skill with words but no luck...]

Someone spoke of a mural as well that depicted two women representing light and dark. I had wondered if one of them was Astoria and the other the "she" that was mentioned in the words.