"I figured as much," Gallus responded dryly, "We'll take rests as needed and set up camp nearer to sunset." He glanced over his shoulder, "If we're lucky, we will have evaded any attempts to follow us. There's still a chance that they could pick up our trail, though. We shouldn't relax just yet."

Gallus thought it unnecessary to fill the apparent gaps in Hiritus' knowledge regarding lycans. He would not be living through the night anyway, but if he knew lycans better, he would probably have more reason to by distrustful of Gallus' lone defection. Otherwise, it was food for Gallus' thought to have the recent swelling of the lycan population expressed from the perspective of victims of feral initiates. It was an ironic side-effect that recruitment to Hircine's ranks would inspire recruitment in Vile's in turn. Gallus wished that infections could be more controlled amongst lycans, if only to reduce overall suffering.

"One more thing," Gallus began, "Apart from those that arrived in the Orcrest clan with you and Dar-tzesa, are there any other infiltrators there?" There was unlikely to be much else to ask unless something came to mind while they walked.