Valdis rolled her eyes, "I'm new here, I have zero pull or authority, they have no reason to believe me. For all they know, I could be messing with them."

Which was usually a possibility, but she didn't plan on causing a fuss here.

"Besides, there could be several reasons for the problem. I might be wrong and the Kirin could actually be fine." She watched him closely, "Why are you so upset over this?"