Rand looked at Wren, his eyes were full of concern but he nodded, leaving as Astrid approached to help the girl up. He wandered through the village looking at the destruction before picking up his broken glaive, the man he had knocked out earlier was just starting to move as he approached. He was greeted with a boot to the face knocking him back out and then slung over Rand's shoulder. Walking to the edge of the village he nodded to both tribesmen and Joachim, before letting out a loud whistle. Within minutes Stepper came over the hills and was in front of the knight, slinging the unconscious man over the front of the saddle Rand climbed up and on his horse and started heading back to the castle.

The Ride back was silent nobody said anything really, the raiding of the village was a massive blow and the opening hand in a game that was to played whether the queen liked it or not. As they road through the gates into the courtyard Rand was one of the last to dismount due to having to take the unconscious man from the saddle as well. Letting a slave take Stepper to the stables the knight made his way through the hall getting weird looks due to the man slung across his shoulder, but he ignored them as he made his way into the queens chambers they were already talking but it was about an attack.

Rand interrupted the conversation by throwing the man on the floor like a sack of potatoes, he gave the queen a deep bow and spoke. "I apologize for any interruptions but, i believe my two comrades are wrong M'lady." He said his voice firm and steady as he continued. "This man is more than willing to be a fitting pawn for your schemes. I say we hold out here and feed him our best food, buy him the best whores, and give him one of the nicest beds we have, then we simply give him a horse and let him go. When he makes it back to his lord and his peoples he will speak of our abundance of food and resources that we could last any siege. It might delay the lord or cancel any invasion he might have so we can effectively probe and scout his lands." Rand cleared his throat and continued. "Any counterattack even with his forces in disarray is just going to end with what ever rag tag groups winding up on our flanks, and from a tactical stand point our exit. I suppose a few harassing skirmishes should be in order though." Rand said and waited for the answer from both the queen and the group.