"It is true that they likely used the majority of their supply of the gas in forcing our retreat." Meesei conceded. "But, even a single barrel could inflict terrible casualties on a formation. Granted, it would not be as effective outside, but from what I witnessed, it does not take much to kill. I...personally would feel more comfortable getting everyone to safety as quickly as possible. Especially since we know enemy reinforcements will be returning to their fortress at some point in the future." 

Ri'vashi's approach to the situation did not outright dismiss Gallus' idea, but she was cautious. "Perhaps we should try to learn more about this gas before we make the decision to head back in? We recovered notes from their alchemy laboratory, correct? We should have our own alchemists read over those notes to try and learn more about what we will be dealing with."

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Ahnasha was not one to quickly back down from defending her own position, but the argument was at least not escalating at the moment. She crossed her arms and maintained eye contact with Fendros, not showing any sort of doubt in her expression. "I can't promise anything like that when I don't really know what you're talking about. What does a 'dark path' mean to you? You can't just give me some vague warning, then get angry when I do something you don't like. Be specific; what did Meesei's warning mean to you? Because to me, using corpses to protect our allies is not what I would call dark."