After investigating the theft of a stolen book, I discovered that Jai-la Ventur was the thief. She confessed that she took the tome at the behest of her husband, a pirate named Varden Shivren. Clearly she is very much in love with this man, as she walks to the shore every day to cast a bottle into the water hoping it will carry a note to him. Jai-la knows that I must inform Chief Ko-ma of the theft, and she seems genuinely sorry for her actions. She has not heard from her husband in some time, and has begged me to find out where he might be. Her only evidence is a crumpled note.