"I haven't seen any mer person who looks worse than others. But I guess it would be a good idea to check more than one person."

He followed her, observing her technique with interest, and he also did some more checking as well.

"I wonder, too. We seem to have ruled out the ordinary causes, poisoning or drugging. That leaves magic or spiritual power. We aren't going to be able to respond to either of those by ourselves. What if we report this to the rest of the team? And then we'll need to find some other task. Maybe looking inside all the buildings, one by one?"