"Do you know who lives there?" She gestures at the house.

She nods, seeming amused a bit.

"Are they home?"

Chirp!

"...Is it you who lives there?"

She nods, clearly amused.

"Were you also the one who asked us to come by?"

She nods, more seriously.

"Why?"

She hops over to Intrepid, and, after a wary exchange of looks, points her tail at Intrepid's collar, then tilts her head.

Ellie digs the spare collar out of the pack.

She nods, coming up to Ellie. 

En-clip!

"So," she starts, "I know you guys were poking those disappearances. I've got some info I'm pretty sure is new to you - and wouldn't mind your help."

Ellie repeats that for Flicker.

"...Yeah, we sort of hit a dead end."

"Okay. I've got maps and stuff inside." She turns to run up to the door. 

Ellie follows.

So do the Ellievees, though somewhat warily still.

Inside! 

There's a huge, low table in the entry - a big open set of rooms - with maps, newspapers, reports, and assorted other things spread over it. The Espeon has several seating cushions spread around it, and she heads over to one on the other side from the door.

"You have been working on this."

She nods. "For a while. I've been trying not to let on that I am, which slows things, too."

Ellie starts to examine the papers more closely.

"This is bigger than I thought."

"Yeah. It's been going on longer than the police have caught, too, and over a bigger area than they're investigating right now."

"Mm. Don't like that..."

"Yeah. It's not good. But I've been finding some patterns - think I have some possible locations for a central facility."