"I don't believe that will be necessary, as we were able to see how many troops they had and the races that they had incorporated. None of the races we saw could fly, and many of them seemed ill-equipped to survive on their own if needed." Raldel paused a second before continuing. "While we did not see any of your people within their ranks yet, the sheer number and diversity of races there made it seem that they were forcing the residents of each place they took over to join them."

Onyx tried not to think too much about what the direction the threatening group was coming from may have meant. Her people originated in the southwest, and had been steadily moving in each direction over the past few centuries, each tribe moving every few years, and when a tribe got too large to move all at once, half would stay where they currently were and become a brother tribe of the one that went on ahead. To the east, Her own tribe's sister had lost contact with them a few months ago. Suddenly, before she could stop herself, she spoke the worry in her mind. 

"Raldel, this enemy may have already fought our people before. We have not heard anything from our sister tribe in the east for months now, and there were also other tribes out there as well." Onyx paused to take a breath and calm herself for the next point she would have to say. "You say you did not see any race that could fly among them, but they will defiantly have met at least one tribe before getting to here. Meaning that if what you said is true, that they are forcing the people of the nests they attack to join them-"

"Then we may end up fighting people of our own race." Raldel finished her thought, a somber look on his face. "You are most likely correct Onyx. That or, they're all dead." Raldel remained in silence for a minute or so until one of the men behind him, who Onyx had not noticed until now, placed a hand on Raldel's shoulder and said something to low for Onyx to hear.

Whatever the man had said had shaken Raldel from his silence, and he reached into his pack to pull out a small object, placing it on the table in front of them. "Tarentek, we managed to take this and a few others like it from an unguarded vehicle near the city. Do you recognize it?" As her father finished speaking, everyone looked over at Tarentek expectantly.