Gilliam hiss with disdain and blocks the attempt to burn the thicket. "Tch! Fool! No burn! Smoke draw every blade and tooth in the desert! We die for certainty. Test simple. Send elf first."
ooc: There will be some action soon. Can please everyone describe the location of their characters?
Provided Lela can get a slashing weapon, she will be up to the thicket near the tunnel that is already there trying to hack it open.
ooc: We still have some water left, right? Enough to get to the other place?
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ooc: The ex-slaves all carry ones. Just ask them.
ooc: You still have enough water to at least leave the sandy wastes for the stony barrens. There is more wildlife and vegetation (cactuses, etc.)