Re: Greenest in Flames
Aisha kept quiet on their way to the camp, her thoughts revolved around the trouble they could be running into and how to save the prisoners after making sure the eggs of evil dragons were destroyed and the others taken from the hand of the Cult.
When they arrived, the Zakharan looked around and listened to what the elf had to tell them. "If de huts are empty, de prisoners are gone or..." the stranger hesitated "Or maybe dead." she finished. Her guts were cramping at the thought of what the Cult might have done to them. However, forcing them on a march to Fate-knows-where was unlikely, the effort was too high. It would take too many guards to keep them from escaping.
"Dey may be incarcerated in the caves, I hope." she added, clinging to the thought like a shipwrecked sailor held onto a plank from his ship. "Yes, de people will be held in de cave." she repeated, more to herself than for anyone elses benefit.
"Did you find any tracks of wagons or carts? - I believe dey would carry deir loot on a cart, rather dan on a horse or donkey." the sorceress asked, looking at the elf intently...