Oh. Makes sense to me! [A normal person would probably be embarrassed over being corrected with such a revelation.

Kor is not a "normal person."]

Anyway, the Guildmaster heard about our journey together and wanted me to scratch his back in exchange for some information. [which he actually tried to do until he was pretty forcefully stopped] He says there are some Xerom-like monsters interfering with a supply route north of here, and he wants us to go deal with them.