Lorag gave a shrug. "Alpha and Sabine, from a military view, are force multipliers. Their magic takes anything we do and, uh, multiply it. And we've just gotten plain better. We've got better equipment, and we've been fighting them so long that we know everything they're gonna do before they do it. Just, uh, like our lizard battering ram here, don't get cocky. Never forget what happened in Elsweyr; they've got some competent people on their side too."
Ahnasha chuckled. "Is that caution out of you, Lorag? You really are growing that 'old warrior' wisdom, aren't you?"
Lorag crossed his arms and grunted. "I ain't old."
"Right, well, I think it's just experience." Ahnasha continued. "We've done ambushes like these so many times that we hardly even have to plan them anymore. I know what pretty much all of you are going to do when pretty much anything happens. I suppose that lets us react better."
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The Breton woman was still quite nervous to talk to the Champion, but Sabine was a bit more relatable to her. "I'm, um, Laurianne." She answered briefly. Regardless of her anxiety, she did show some relief at Sabine's reassurances.
Meesei had applied a spell that would last more than long enough to keep Laurianne's arm from getting any worse on the way back to the outpost, and probably for the rest of the day. With attention from the healer of the outpost, her arm would be able to recover after the stunted regeneration from the silver wore off. So, Meesei placed her finger at the top of the gash and slowly traced it down the arm, closing up the skin just underneath her claw.
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Saras shook his head. "Unless we make a series of terrible mistakes, the only people who will find this place are those we allow to find this place. My agent believes that the agents are going to be searching the caves and ruins in the area of Raldbthar soon. I recommend having a few of my agents sweep through Raldbthar and remove any and all traces of our presence there, and we can have automatons solely guard the place. These Penitus Oculatus agents number only three, and they are spies, not frontline warriors. Even if they did manage to get all the way to the bottom of Raldbthar, we can use the attunement sphere to seal the path from the city down to Blackreach. Without an attunement sphere of their own, they would not even know the pathway exists. We can manage without that exit from the caverns until this situation is dealt with. But, this is, of course, may not be something that is wise to ignore. If these agents are aware of our capabilities, then Oswall may be correct. Otherwise, they are simply following any lead on lycans they can find and learning as they go."
Saras leaned forward, clasping his hands together in front of him. "In either situation, we have the option to confront them on our terms. They are following rumors of lycans, so we can give them rumors of lycans. I can have agents plant a rumor in villages near to their path of lycan activity at a location of our choosing. We can select a place sufficiently far from any entrance to Blackreach to ensure our headquarters' security. Then, we can capture them and learn more about them."
Ahnasha chuckled. "Is that caution out of you, Lorag? You really are growing that 'old warrior' wisdom, aren't you?"
Lorag crossed his arms and grunted. "I ain't old."
"Right, well, I think it's just experience." Ahnasha continued. "We've done ambushes like these so many times that we hardly even have to plan them anymore. I know what pretty much all of you are going to do when pretty much anything happens. I suppose that lets us react better."
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The Breton woman was still quite nervous to talk to the Champion, but Sabine was a bit more relatable to her. "I'm, um, Laurianne." She answered briefly. Regardless of her anxiety, she did show some relief at Sabine's reassurances.
Meesei had applied a spell that would last more than long enough to keep Laurianne's arm from getting any worse on the way back to the outpost, and probably for the rest of the day. With attention from the healer of the outpost, her arm would be able to recover after the stunted regeneration from the silver wore off. So, Meesei placed her finger at the top of the gash and slowly traced it down the arm, closing up the skin just underneath her claw.
---
Saras shook his head. "Unless we make a series of terrible mistakes, the only people who will find this place are those we allow to find this place. My agent believes that the agents are going to be searching the caves and ruins in the area of Raldbthar soon. I recommend having a few of my agents sweep through Raldbthar and remove any and all traces of our presence there, and we can have automatons solely guard the place. These Penitus Oculatus agents number only three, and they are spies, not frontline warriors. Even if they did manage to get all the way to the bottom of Raldbthar, we can use the attunement sphere to seal the path from the city down to Blackreach. Without an attunement sphere of their own, they would not even know the pathway exists. We can manage without that exit from the caverns until this situation is dealt with. But, this is, of course, may not be something that is wise to ignore. If these agents are aware of our capabilities, then Oswall may be correct. Otherwise, they are simply following any lead on lycans they can find and learning as they go."
Saras leaned forward, clasping his hands together in front of him. "In either situation, we have the option to confront them on our terms. They are following rumors of lycans, so we can give them rumors of lycans. I can have agents plant a rumor in villages near to their path of lycan activity at a location of our choosing. We can select a place sufficiently far from any entrance to Blackreach to ensure our headquarters' security. Then, we can capture them and learn more about them."