The Rangers find the pool just as they left it, well almost as there are now fresh impala tracks all about. The riders haven't  hung around and once watered they look to have moved deeper into the rocks.

There's roughly three to four hours before sun down.

Kobal, Hoskar and Tarosh simultaneously spot some knot writing hanging from a bush's branch, close to the water.

There's a flutter of wings and the Harpies land in the narrow clearing

"At last somewhere safe. The magic is strong in this Place. I spied a column of smoke rising, not far from here to the south. Perhaps from a campfire."

The harpies look thirsty, but seem to be waiting for the nomads to water their beasts.

"I will take first watch from up there" announces Akala, the brave quickly climbing up the steep slope of the rock behind the pool.

Kobal urges Black Hoof forward to the water first, the bison lowering its head to lap at the water.  He grabs the knotted rope and pulls it closer for inspection.  " 'Fresh water.  Clean and safe.  Thunder Girls.'  Haha, they are the Impala riders ahead of us...?"

He dismounts, cups his hand and take one sip from the water before grabbing a skin off the back of his bison to fill with water from the lake.

Turning to the Harpy Queen, he extends his other hand towards the lake in invitation.  "Erish-El, please refresh yourself."  Then another thought: "How far away was the column of smoke?"  The Thunder Girls, presumably.

"I will take next watch, Akala," he says to the big man.  "Wake me when it is my turn."
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Ohanzee dismounts and looks about at the ground around the pool, near the rocks, at the bushes "Urrak, he said they would wait for us here. Maybe things got too dangerous or maybe they have gone to graze their beasts and will return."

As his investigations proceed and he passes close to the queen he says to her "If there is anything that you or your people need then please tell me, either yourself or your people. I will be glad to help if I can."

"Did anyone spy any other rhinos from the sky?"

He helps Kinamasi off of Carross and then leads the high llama to the water. After Kobal has read the rope, Tarosh has a look at it, "Thunder Girls, sounds more Rhino than Impala." He looks around the water hole to see if there are any rhino tracks that aren't theirs. "Ohanzee, could Urrak be traveling with these Thunder Girls?"

"I was wondering whether they are a band within the Thunder clan," laughs Kobal.  He looks at Leaper.  "You're from the Thunder clan.  Do you know these Thunder Girls?"

Ohanzee shakes his head "Doubt it. He said they'd wait here and besides he was travelling with the remains of his sept, Tulox would have noticed that and their tracks came here from outside."

He makes a clicking sound with his tongue on the roof of his mouth "No, not that but something else must have happened... unless they are out grazing the rhino grass for now."