Kelam lays a hand on Brown Leaf's shoulder, a gesture of comfort, but also of restraint. She doesn't have much context, having been unable to follow Leaf's conversation with the monk in Flametongue, but she's seldom seen Leaf so upset. Her body language is plainly affectionate, but, fortunately for his perception of Leaf as a fellow monk, Rooster's a bit distracted at the moment.

"I don't know for sure!" he yelps, then he adds, more quietly, "The rumor is that he's maybe Anathema, could be promoting Anathema-worship, but it's unconfirmed. This isn't officially a Wyld Hunt. It's an unusually well-armed investigatory expedition. If you want to know more than that... You could try asking the senior monks. Or you could try to get it from their sources, but I don't know who that would be. Maybe there are some merchants or nomads in town who've passed through Sand's Edge recently, or maybe they have... spies? Scouts? I really can't say."

He shrugs helplessly.

"This is all over my head."