Meesei's words were just as astute as they needed to be. It appeared as though there was some more support for the march because of it. However, Gallus felt as though there was more to address. He flattened his hands and laid the sides of them on the table in front of him.

"I feel it needs to be said that concerns over the welfare of the clans while the warriors march are not unreasonable." Gallus addressed everyone, not just Dro'cahi, "It is important that those fears are put to rest, and in that, I believe we can." Gallus leaned back slightly and placed his palms carefully onto the table. He mildly registered his seat creaking slightly. "Right now we have it on good authority that the location of the clanhome is still a secret and that there are no significant enemy forces in the the area around Orcrest. The clanhome's secrecy also includes its current garrison size and defensibility. From what we garnered from our interrogations, the enemy plan was to weaken and ambush our current forces before marching on this place. What that says to me is that they do not have sufficient forces in place to meet the Orcrest clan's numbers in force on the field on equal terms. If they do not have that capability, then I would doubt they would have the manpower to breach the clanhome's defences in less than two months. They may not even be willing to try, given that they do not even know our numbers hidden within the clanhome. Their information is so limited that it is a gamble." Gallus angled his head to one side, "And they [i]will[/i] have less than two months, because if we are to play this cautiously, any infiltrators will not simply be able to talk to agents within Orcrest and gain entry to the clanhome. We still have that control."

Gallus weaved his fingers together on the table once more. "Though it is only my opinion, with the information we have, I believe that the risk to the clanhome is minimised no further by keeping extra numbers in the garrison for two months."

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When Peiter took his seat, Sabine propped herself up such that she was sitting in his lap more comfortably, rather than needing put strain on his arms. She still kept her arms around his neck and held her head against his collar.

With a smile, Sabine nodded to La'tahne. "It is nice to meet you, too," Sabine said. Noting that Peiter had not introduced himself, Sabine lifted her head to see his face. "This is Peiter. He is treating me like royalty for some reason." Sabine giggled, "I wonder when you will get tired of it, Peiter?"

Turning her attention back to La'tahne and La'khay, Sabine lifted her brow. "La'khay? Is La'tahne and old friend of yours?" Sabine made a guess based on their position. She was of course aware of the possibility that they could be mated as well but, as she understood it, Meesei's alignment in that matter was unusual to most people. Sabine did not want to make any embarrassing presumptions.