love the different ways brennan handles NPCs whose roles are exposition heavy, especially when it comes to "i am here to tell you things i overheard." he's the GM and if he wants to info dump, he simply can do that, but instead he builds in justifications for why this particular NPC would be able to deliver this information and gives them a distinct style when doing it
romina is a washerwoman. she overhears things and is told gossip by coworkers and has decent memory recall but the stories tend to have gaps because she's in and out of the room and making a concentrated effort to not look like she's listening for her own safety
demodus is a wizard, so he's very good at information recall, so he can pull together almost the whole story with minimal gaps, but in a high stress situation there are bits he missed or didn't understand, and gaps because he didn't realize he should've been paying attention
cyd's been a spy for over a decade. his ability to recall what he heard even after a stressful situation is excellent, because that's been his whole job for thjazi since he moved to dol-makjar. he pretty much gives them the whole picture, is able to note gaps where they didn't mention a specific topic within earshot, and make connections. one conversation makes it very clear why thjazi asked him to spy
all NPCs are narrative devices in one way or another but it's enjoyable to see the different flavors they can take while fulfilling ultimately the same role
