Zanibi watches curiously to see Nym's reaction. "Perhaps if not the finger, do you recognize the ring?" she adds, trying to be helpful. 

Amy clears her throat. "Thank you very much, Doctor, for your help. I'm Amy, by the way. I'm curious, was there anyone particularly close to Thaymoor that he lost? Anyone he brought up multiple times or felt more guilty about than the others?"

Inquisitive nodded approvingly at Amy's question, waiting for the therapist to reply. It was important to find out more about what Thaymoor was dreaming about. With every step the investigation took the tiefling felt more confident that the motive of the murders was connected to the war.

Group 1: Truador, Zanibi, Nyral

"What is that?" Nym squints at the object you're holding up. "Why-- What-- Why was that on the floor!?" He jumps back, his chair making a loud scraping noise. "The floor where? In our room?" He gives a breathy chuckle. "I can't say I recognize... anything." He hangs his head in his hands and rubs his face. "Holy mother of peace. You scared my soul out of my body. Jeez. No, I don't recognize the ring. I'm sorry."

Group 2: Amy, Inquisitive, Marvin

"It's nice to meet you, Amy. Um..." Andaren smacks his lips. "Well, I remember him telling me he had to leave behind friends and family members, most notably his parents. But when we started working through these things in our sessions, felt he had to leave them behind, but it was more of a mutual separation. He found out a few years later that they were safe in another small town in Abri."

Zanibi sighs, "Well, I guess that did disturb him."  She looks over at Nym, "Sorry about that. We were hoping maybe you would have some idea what it could be.  Or where it might have come from."  Glancing over to Truador, "We should probably put that away for now."  

She watches Nym, trying to determine if his reactions are genuine. (Insight: 21) 

Truador quickly covers the finger again, "I'm sorry, i didn't mean to startle you.... You really have no idea why this was in there? Have you been in this apartment since her death?"

"So if you could expand just a bit on what incidents your patient found the most traumatic or still felt guilt or remorse over, that would haunt him in his nightmares." Inquisitive continued a bit insistently.

Nyral was just talking causally with Nym to help them relax again when the others showed up having apparently found something.  Nyral listens and lets the others question Nym about rings and jewelry but when the finger is shown the elf seems quite alarmed once they identify it.  A severed finger is definately not something one sees on a regular bases.  The fleshy grey tinge of age has ravaged it giving it an elderly look.  The ring upon it golden and simple like a wedding band.  As the elf becomes alarmed at such a find the drow uses detect magic on the ring to see if there is any magic on it or the finger itself.  A quick glace being all he needs.  The one armed man looks to the troubled young elf after this and says "I'm sure you are just as startled as my companions are to find it.  Here Nym, drink some water."  nyral pushes his own drink over to the elf to give him something to focus on then once making sure the elf drinks something he continues to talk, "I think we can safely say it's a solid clue.  Is there any indication of where it came from?"  

Group 1: Zanibi, Truador, Nyral

Nym shakes his head, lifting it up from his hands. "Not a clue. I haven't been here since she died. The police moved me to a room at the Lazy Peacock after I came to report the death." He takes your glass after some hesitation, and after drinking a little he shakes his head. "I honestly don't know why a... a finger would end up in our room."

Zanibi:

Group 2: Inquisitive, Marvin, Amy

"When he was separated from his parents. That came up frequently. And he would talk about the riots and protests leading up to his displacement---people died right in front of him. He spent a good majority of our time together asking me what the point of living was," Andaren sighs. "Those were the main points of conversation, and were the things that had shown up in his dreams. Much, much later, when he married Tare, he started to have nightmares again. But this time it was about losing her in much the same way as he lost the people around him."

"So, was there anything in particular your patient expressed guilt or remorse over." Inquisitive pressed on, not quite satisfied yet.

Truador looks at the finger in his hand, he inspects it, wondering just how old it is. 

Investigation: 26 (nat 20)

“Did anyone even bother to search this apartment before we got here?” He wonders aloud.

"I suppose, since they only recently decided this could be a homicide, that the place wasn't searched at all," Zanibi speculates.  

Group 1: Truador, Zanibi, Nyral

Truador:

Group 2: Inquisitive, Amy, Marvin

You can hear the man chuckle a little---a short, breathy chuckle. "Please understand that I'm trying to be vague, for the sake for my patient. To put it simply, he expressed the most remorse for the events surrounding his separation from his parents. From what I remember, they were fleeing the city they lived in, and got lost in the woods. After many hours he gave up searching, thinking they were dead. He would have nightmares about the moment he decided to stop looking."

"Yes, I suppose you are doing what you believe is right." Inquisitive muttered, looking at Amy and Marvin beside him to see if any of them had more questions that they don't really would get an answer to.

Nyral nods and looks to Nym, "Do you know if she had a journal or anything like that?  Her own accounts on what happened before and during might be important.  Other then, that you don't need to stay here if you don't want to.  You said you have a place at the Lazy Peacock?  I do as well so I'll reach out to you there if we have any more questions and if you think of anything you can reach me there with a message.  I also ask, that if you come across anyone else showing signs of nightmares and sickness to let us know."  After getting a reply to their last question the drow will let Nym go so they can relax after the questioning.  

Amy fiddled with her necklace as she sighed. "Thank you for telling us what you could...I know you cant say much, but I do need to ask the obvious questions. Did he mention anyone acting odd around him? A friend that was drifting? Something along those lines?

Inquisitive again nodded approvingly at Amy's question.