Malakaus was a bit surprised to hear Sarel speak out. He always thought the dunmer was a more taciturn fellow, but perhaps like the orc, the dunmer was hungering for battle or thirsting for skooma. He couldn't blame Sarel to be in such a rush with what they could gain, but Malakaus had to control himself. He wasn't about to let his desires overtake his sensibility. Sharee was right when she said that all it would take is on wayward stab or a lucky shot to end them, and there wasn't much they could do against chance. Even if Malakaus had the highest survivability thanks to his armor, he knew how he could be defeated, and all it would take is for one of those bandits to accidentally stumble upon a weakness or take advantage of an opening. He wanted to do battle, but he also wanted to survive it. Sharee at least was finally starting to dole out orders and had Noelle cloak everyone with some sort of invisibility spell. He could still see everyone faintly, but he was sure that the bandits won't notice them so long as they don't make their presence too obvious. And while Malakaus isn't normally the sneaking type, with the sound of his movements and armored Muffled and his physical profile rendered almost translucent, he was certain that he could sneak to the cove undetected.

Before going into the water Malakaus drank a potion of waterbreathing, which he still had since the first time he took the ship. After that he took out shield and strapped it onto his arm, to assist him in moving through the water as well as to protect him when they charge. He considered taking out his crossbow but he decided to keep a hand free in case he had to grab something. This also made him think that he should get around to figuring out how to redesign his crossbow so that he doesn't need both hands to operate it, but that wasn't something he needed to think about right now. Looking in cove Malakaus spoke quietly to the captain. [b]"I am ready when you are captain. Just give the orders to move."[/b]