ajanders
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Rystil Arden said:*As it is a military base, either the lieutenant or his commanding officer clearly has a more detailed map somewhere for planning strategy, but perhaps they are afraid to show all that they know to Michael, so the lieutenant leads Michael to a small map with no markers on it for troops.*
"You know how to read maps, son?" he asks, unsure if Michael learned such things as a Cleric of Sela.
"Sir, yes sir!"
Michael is ready to add "Three bags full, sir!"
Rystil Arden said:"We're here," he points on the map, "And the patrol should have been just...there," he points to a different place, this one to the east.
"Find the patrol and deliver the message and return to me, or if you can't, at least find them and learn their fates and return to me. Understood?"
Michael looks at the map, finds where he is. Not difficult, since the officer is pointing at it.
He looks at where the patrol went. Also not difficult. (Was that to the village, or someplace else?)
He tries to guess how the patrol would have gone from here to where they were supposed to be and back.
I doubt they'll be where they were supposed to be, somehow. If this was going as planned they wouldn't have lost the patrol.
"Sir, does the patrol have a recognition code or password, sir?"
A breath.
"To whom in the patrol should I give the message, sir?"