It did all seem to check out, with what he had heard around the station about that tribe of women from the desert. Still, Gumshoe wanted to keep the benefit of the doubt. With all the gold that was appearing around town, it had become hard to tell who was stealing and who wasn't. The scruffy detective chuckled a little as he answered her.

"Actually, pal, it's kind of part of the job. I'm a police detective, and I guess you could say this is part of my beat tonight."