"I haven't, but I'd be glad to help you look. This must be rather important, I take it?" Kain starts glancing around the nearby ground. It could have gotten most anywhere, but he's going to assume it won't be too far from the general area. It ought to stand out too, he figures.

As he looks around for the missing scales, he continues, "You must be some sort of herbalist, I take it? A healer of some kind?" It's his best guess given the type of equipment he has on hand. By now he's noticed that there are plenty of similarities between worlds, too.