"The silver lining is, at least, that very few ordinary people know what a Fraggle is. I know Gobo's mentioned his uncle before, who travelled before him for a few years in relative safety. We just got unlucky."

He paused, expression darkening a little. "What likely happened is those men were probably already here. I have a sneaking suspicion of who their buyer would've been, given the grounds we found them at, and it's someone frequently at odds with me, my company, and my morals if that tells you anything. Likely they were already in town for another 'score' and happened to try to capitalize on our recent Fraggle invasion."