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"Then at least three of us agree. Bayar, I didn't intend to state you were dumb; only that we should use each of our strengths as a group. Jan knows more of the gnoll tendencies and history than we do, and I trust his judgement on the matter for that fact. Will you join us in capturing the last gnoll?"
 

"You are right, Libros," Sukri says.

He had hung on every word of Henri's story, then watched the spat with some amusement. He did not know if it was lingering tiredness or a reluctance to fan any flames that kept him from speaking out. But now he had found his voice.

"The gnoll is hours ahead of us," he says. "But he is still far from home. We may find him and silence him. How far are the mountains on foot?"
 


Bayar

"Hmmph," Bayar grunted. Between beard stubble and the bags under his eyes, he looks more tired than angry. "Be making sense. But I not being gentle with this lost dog. We be having two problems though. To tell the wagon man that we not be back today. And to find more food."
 

"Our two 'problems can be better dealt with by the eastern allies, and the escaped dog I'd expect nothing less to be done to mapaintain the peace in the land."
 

Bayar

Bayar sighed heavily. "So now we be looking for the lost little doggies too? Why not be leaving them alone. We just find the runner and kill it. Job done. I not be wanting to meet more of these animals and be thinking they not wanting to meet me. And what be this peace in the land rubbish? There is no peace. There never be peace..."
 


Day Three, at Henri's House.

"The gnoll is hours ahead of us," he says. "But he is still far from home. We may find him and silence him. How far are the mountains on foot?"

Jan considers the question of the mountains' location.

knowledge geography +7 1d20+7=14

"... We be having two problems though. To tell the wagon man that we not be back today. And to find more food."

"So now we be looking for the lost little doggies too? .."

Henri holds his peace while the party debates the matter. Eventually he speaks up.

"The escaped gnoll may well have many hours on you. But I doubt that he has gone far. Gnolls are pack animals. He is likely still skulking around here hoping that the leader somehow gets away. And if not then he has more than likely returned to where ever they had camp to wait. It will likely be awhile before he accepts that he has to make his own decisions.

Jan meanwhile has mapped out the island in his head. The western mountains are at least two weeks travel away. I could be done in less by returning to the city and taking a portal to someplace closer by. But then where to start looking?

"As for getting word to the men with the wagon, the villagers who are one their way here should be able to do that for you. I can help you a little with food. The rest of what I had is probably at the gnoll camp. If we can find the camp, then there is a good chance of finding the escapee.

"And by doggy, do you mean the hyenas, which are as much wolf as hyena now, or the gnolls themselves? I lost track at some point."
 


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