Kaz catches the ball in one hand, spinning it in his fingers for a moment before tossing it back towards Jesper. "No, I don't imagine it is. This seems deeper than a pocketbook - and I of all people wouldn't say that lightly." There is very little in the world Kaz would place as more precious than money. "There has to be records of what happened somewhere. The university's library came up with nothing. My spyders haven't overheard anything. But some of those old Council families have to keep a record of something somewhere, because they all know the value of holding records over one's head too much to leave absolutely no paper trail."
We can do prose. :)