Galakhar has his usual grin on him, but as soon as Gharmez asks that, something vital leaves ... and a grin without vital force is either scary, comical, or just plain disturbing. And then he swallows hard.

"Uhhh, you see," he begins to demur, "see, we only have hearsay about a stowaway, no actual proof of one, and I sneaked into a smuggler's hold the captain never showed us and watched all night - that's why I needed the magic this morning. Now, I feel that the cook may be right that there could be a stowaway in this hold, but I didn't want to alarm the captain. Yeah, that. I, uh, I mean, we - right Aasgar? Right. We ... didn't want to alarm the captain with hearsay."