Swamped

It's a seashell... except, when you open it up, you see a clock.

Your first thought is that it's a fancy pocket watch... but looking closer, this is an actual seashell. And yet the clock is built into it.

Hmm. An object relating to both time and the sea. Could this be from Nual? You aren't sure what to make of it, but it seems important enough to hold onto. Then you walk back towards the hospital.

As you do, though, you spot the masked person frozen in time. Someone is poking at it - someone without a mask.

Well, Mortimer did mention another group confronting the masked people - and they might be working on the informant's orders. You're in a hurry, though. Perhaps you should see what the doctor's found out first.

Then again, maybe you can get help from this person. And you can't be sure if they'll still be around when you're done in the hospital.