"I wish I could speak with them all, but unfortunately, Conuld says that his magics do not perform in this regard. I can still analyse the flow of their ziivash and see if any seem to be of a sinister or backstabbing nature. As to the speed decrease, as we are riding encumbered mounts, we should only be slowed by a small amount by including unencumbered people on foot. In fact, if they carried some of the basic supplies for us, if you trusted them with that, we might be able to lighten the load for a few of the horses so that they could range ahead at even greater speeds and scout or look for good campsites. Additionally, unlike horses, people can hustle or perform a forced march without serious problems. If they hustle for the last three hours each day, they might be exhausted afterwards and need to sleep, but they will more than keep up with the encumbered horses," Lasair reasons.