"Ahhhh," said the innkeeper. He had an expressive face, and now it was arranged in a mournful expression. "A sad parting, to be sure! But that is the way of things, running a place like this. You'll keep searching for that boy of yours, then?"
"He's no acquaintance of ours, but yes, we will continue our search. We've asked around, and it seems he was going to some town within the desert, as far as anyone knows." He'd shared some details about the case. There was no reason not to, when they were asking around for leads.