...Taking a break from this particular mystery certainly sounded like a good idea. It wasn't like she was admitting defeat, after all! Besides, she'd been focusing on this puzzle almost exclusively for a little while now. No one was bringing them anything to solve, so it was probably about time for them to start hunting for themselves.
"Very well!" Mana leaped to her feet and rounded the desk. Adjusting her glasses in a deliberate attempt to have the lights glimmer on her lenses (why that never worked was yet another great mystery), the detective-in-training said, "then, where do you suggest we go, then?"