"Human misconceptions have their use. You work too hard to keep your information secret, it makes them more, curious. They'll work harder to find what you don't want them to. Better to serve them small bits of unusable information, even misinformation, to sate the curiosity. It keeps them from the information we don't want them to have."
He hadn't honestly thought it to be a shifter, and as soon as he learned they were also disappearing he'd ruled out a vampire as well. Before, it was possible that a coup was being set up and he just wasn't aware. Improbable, but possible. He sighed and leaned back, folding his arms over his chest. "Have you heard of the new church? The, Golden Light or some such thing. Preaching the end of days, with the coming out of the supernatural as a sign of darkness? They have been cropping up all over the country, so far, nothing too problematic, some protesters and the like. Politicians hoping for a few followers." A silver mine was a problem, for both of them. He narrowed his eyes, "Who owns the mine?" If it was in the hands of anyone they could get control over, guarding it would just take a few more resources.