Excellent. Does he have the diet of a normal dog? [because he wants to give pepper a treat maybe. only polite to feed guests, right? even the magic dog ones, maybe especially those.]

Ah, the blisters. They were the first thing I saw here. [gross. he nods though.] I hadn't realized how much the moon was involved in things. It makes sense, it does seem to be involved in everything in the Trench one way or another.

Palamedes noticed it first, mostly mild changes in behavior that made the spike more obvious, since we have no way of seeing the corruption ourselves. That seems one of the more troubling aspects of higher corruption, I've seen cases where the person's personality changes almost guarantee they will get worse and avoid help when it comes.

But as for myself it was not so grave. I spent time with Palamedes, spoke through some matters, and that helped. The baked goods helped too once we realized. [he shakes his head at just how much god damned baking happened.] Palamedes is a blood minister so minor corruption is something we deal with often, unfortunately. Largely we handle that the same way, making sure he takes time off, keeping an eye on his behavior, etc.