“Ah. Gene Browster.” The Path member nodded quickly, “Well, my name’s Thomas Ouellet - my family came down from Quebec - back when it was New France anyway. They settled just outside New Orleans - in fellow Français territory. Though, at the moment, I happen to be living in Arkansas - just on the fringe of the Indian Territory.” The man did seem convincing, so the Path member felt there was little choice in giving him his name - there wasn’t much point going into specifics on where he was living though: he doubted Paradise Under-the-Sky was on any maps. “I’m just here on official business with a little, uh - organisation that I’m a part of. We’re just looking to set up some links down here for future planning; after all, it’s better that we’ve got a few friendly faces down here to look to-“
Suddenly, the Path member looked around - slowly however, so as not to alarm “Gene” and then realised something significant. “It’s getting quite late, wouldn’t you say? Well, I’m going off in search of a boarding house or place to put my head down for the night... Be seeing you.” After a quick farewell, Thomas walked on, soon finding a small boarding house that offered cheap rooms. So he paid the fee, which was scarcely a dollar or two and settled in, ready for the night...
The next morning, Thomas would awaken - planning on leaving the odd little town behind: there really wasn’t much here to justify staying - in goods or people, after all. After finding his horse - thankfully still tied up where he left it the previous night, he mounted it, and began a slow trot through the streets - eventually coming up the skirmish line of Beaumont Police and Texas Rangers, who were facing off apparently in some matter or other. Now, he didn’t want to intrude, but he did want to check in on “Gene” before he left - mainly to wish him well. So he rode up to one of the local policemen and spoke to him. “Good morning, would you know where I could find Gene? Gene - he’s a fellow who works for the town government, I believe? And, I’d quite like to see him - I just thought one of you would know...”