Alhura and Kima indeed are excellent hosts. I haven't even heard of some of these dishes. Seriously, who thought of stuffing something into a tiny bird? How are you even supposed to eat that? It tasted nice enough, though, and their staff was really friendly.
Dworik always seems able to handle situations like these, but I'm not sure the food agreed with him. In any case, we brought up the whole dragon plan and possibilities of getting closer to Cedery, and they seemed to think it was a good idea. Especially the laxative part. We even got Kima to agree to join us for the endeavour. She seems more than capable, which will be helpful if we're to fight another dragon.
After dinner, we headed to Cedery's home to better understand what we were up against. It's easily twice the size of Fate Manor back home and has a large garden at the front, which might make it difficult to enter unnoticed. What's worse is that every entrance has runes that will alert someone inside to one's presence along with a vision. Not great for us. Even at this hour, several lights were burning in the windows, indicating people being awake and active. The fact that a couple of guests, likely students, left while we were there probably provides at least a partial explanation for it. They weren't the only ones leaving — a girl, maybe five or so years younger than I, snuck out not-so-stealthily. She met up with some friends. I know some of the people I met while I was a teenager, the ones who had proper homes, sometimes did this. The great thing with those people was that they often had things like gold or alcohol to waste and could be made to provide for me. Provided they were given the right motivation, at least. Maybe the same tactics might provide us with an advantage here?