Thomas takes his spare time to check the room once over for bugs again. Do so two or three times, then go watch the TV.
"Anything interesting? Anything helpful?"
Gonna assume you mean hidden monitoring device type bugs, not insect type bugs.
You don't find anything.
Head back to room, help with bug sweep. Hand off the radios and bags to Milno
Not much. Small town, not many landmarks. Which feels intentional, not a lot of places for outsiders to be interested in. If they're interested in the hotel, they're highly suspicious to our target. Otherwise, they probably leave town quickly, or have come for work of some kind.
You also don't find anything, but your search is much more complete and careful.
"Eh, some I guess? Whenever you're talking to someone important or high ranking, it seems that you use their name or title , instead of saying she, he or they. That seems to be a big no-no. Another big no-no is using your own name when talking to someone who is higher ranking than you. That's a really big one. People of equal standing refer to themselves and each other by using he, she, they, and I. I uh, this is going to make my brain hurt trying to speak like that."
Keep watching TV. See what professions are held in high regard here and what they like to do in their free time. Also, what profession is Thaddeus/everyone else on their papers?
Remember you've got several types of profession to choose from, though most of them are things like electricians and plumbers, technicians that can get access to normally sealed off places without proper clearance. About the highest up you've got is "Provincial Director's aid".
Positions of high regard seem to be mostly governmental and monetary; government officials, bankers, merchants, and the like. Tradesmen and technicians are, as far as you can tell, pretty darn low on the totem.
((Masssive flu-caused headaches.))
Return. Start reading the material.
"New info?" Milno asks upon arrival.
You read through but are having a hard time getting the info to stick very well. You get the basics of the local grammar and some geography, but thats about it.
Outside, in what must be the stairwell, you hear some heavy clomping as people descend and then, about 10 minutes later, more clomping as people ascend.