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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Jefe" data-source="post: 1815759" data-attributes="member: 19990">Oirhandir hadn't considered this.  Much longer?  Much longer than a day would mean several days.  The party could divide, with someone caring for Calamar while the others scouted the swamp, but if Calamar needed more than a few days rest, they might as well take him back to Orussus.The elf found it hard to believe that between Rupert's supplies and the materials at hand, there wasn't enough to built a modest footbridge over the millrace...a real footbridge, instead of Rogier's hasty and somewhat rickety improvisation.  And he noted that the paladin still hadn't answered his question as to precisely what would keep the snakes away...a circle of oil, maybe?  But ultimately, Oirhandir had to yield to the logic that said the expedition would reach it's goal more quickly by spending a couple of days to find a replacement for Calamar than by waiting while he slowly recovered his health.  He hoped the mage wouldn't be too disappointed at being left out, and wondered if the party couldn't be persuaded to contribute a partial share for Calamar out of their own pay, for all his troubles.Glancing across the river to the swamp, not so much longing to be there as longing for the adventure that lay beyond, Oirhandir sighed.  "You're right, Rogier.  We'll get there faster by going all the way back to Orussus than we would by waiting for him to heal and pressing on.  Do you want to tell him we're taking him back to the city, or should I?"</blockquote>

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