Swamped

You see little bits of swampleaf on his table. Probably the sleep-inducing kind, but you can't be sure only by looking.

Someone was here. And apparently their main concern was making sure Leonard Flame didn't wake up. Right around the time that there was a large commotion at the hospital, which would almost certainly have done the job otherwise.

But why? Not to abduct him, it seems. Then why else...

To prevent him from seeing something, perhaps. Or someone.

Well, that's worrying. But short of expending valuable time ether to wake him up on the faint chance he notices whatever it is, you can't see much you can do about it. And there's still the matter of the slime...

Which you thought Mortimer was a little bit cagey about, come to think of it. What if that's what Leonard wasn't supposed to see?

What if, indeed. It's nothing more than a hunch right now. And your experience with Mortimer earlier suggests the slime is a real danger, so you'd best figure out what to do about that. Even though it's likely another distraction, it's one that could put people in danger.

Of course, it would be nice if you could come up with a plan for finding who or what these things are meant to distract from while you were at it.