Marianna and Val finish things up after their inconclusive encounter.  Makda provides a clue, and Marianna does some research. 
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And a final note:  I hope that De Re Monstra is Latin for "On the Nature of Monsters".  I may have screwed up the case, I have trouble with that even in German that I'm more or less fluent in as long as I don't enunciate enough for people to realize that I have no idea if things should be "Dem" or "Den".