Barek Fhald, half-orc bard
"Since we have nothing but the barest intelligence about this package, its current holder, or its eventual destination, I can't expect much of anything," the bard says. "But if your standard split is suddenly insufficient, you're welcome to stay here by yourself. Because, while there are multiple factions--on both sides of the law--that might have an interest in cornering one of us while he was separated from the others and, say, torturing him for information, revenge, or merely for sport, it's important to be a strong negotiator with the only people who've proved to have your back.
"It's hardly gentlemanly, after all, for me to ask you to reconsider your priorities," the half-orc finishes with a toothy grin and a slightly fiendish glint in his eye.