> As she paints, she scopes out the crime scene, trying to see it from the 
> assassin's point of view -- not a huge leap for her. How was it done? Where 
> was the shooter [OOC: She does know it was arrows, right]? Where would I be? 
> For now, she keeps her eyes, ears and nose open, and her mouth shut -- 
> though if she spots any clients or acquaintances who might know more about 
> the hit, she'll have a chat with them.

The crime scene, marked by the bloodstains on the stone steps, is one 
one of the steep alleys of stone steps linking one level to the next. An 
archer could theoretically have fired from any of the surrounding 
buildings, although the ones lining the steps would entail shooting 
almost directly downwards, a tricky shot.  More likely, the shooter 
would shot along the line of the street, which would have been from the 
building at the top of the steps; either from a top-floor window, or 
from the roof.  Or, indeed, from the city wall behind and above.

"Good riddance to her!", says a fellow draftee, a young woman called 
Jalguille who Zul recognises from some of the taverns, "That will put 
the fear of Vandrak into the worst of the kandar".

"You're a fool!", replies an older man who Zul does not know by name, 
"All this will achieve is a backlash against us.  The Knights will burn 
down the entire Anthill next time.  They'll have the river red with 
blood, and it will be our blood, not theirs".