Saras did not answer immediately, instead giving a quick look towards the commander of his warriors. He did not seem to be doing anything differently at first glance, but Saras evidently noticed that something had changed. "It looks like the warriors are ready to move. We should form up on the entrance and head inside. We will leave a small contingency here to guard our supplies, and send a runner to us if there is trouble. Otherwise, we may need all of our soldiers."

Without another word, Saras stepped away to confer with his military commander, and Meesei's pack was not far behind. There was never a question from Meesei that her pack would be leading from the front, particularly after what happened in Elsweyr. While their mission had not been a failure exactly, it had not been a resounding success by any means. The details of what had happened to Meesei specifically had not yet reached all of the clans, but regardless, she wanted to make sure every clan she encountered had a certain impression of her. It was part of the culture of the Nords to distrust magic, so there was little she could do to combat that, but she could at least demonstrate her strength. The warriors of the clan quickly began to head up the stairs to get into formation upon the order of their commander, so Meesei's pack made their way to the front. And of course, Ri'vashi was on the very front line as well, being a heavily armored shield-bearer. Meesei did not know if she felt the need to prove anything about herself, but she doubted that it would hurt to make the attempt. Outside Elsweyr, Khajiit had a tendency to be seen as thieves and rogues, so their warriors often went overlooked. No doubt, Ri'vashi had already surprised more than a few members of the Riften clan with her stature and strength alone. This far from Elsweyr, most people did not even know there was more than one kind of Khajiit, as the Suthay-raht was by far the most common type of Khajiit outside their homeland. 

Meesei's pack was met by the commander as soon as they reached the front of their growing formation. His name was Hjergir Steel-Heart, and he was very much a traditional Nord warrior. He valued strength and skill in battle, and almost seemed happy to head into danger. While he was not a political man, he was proud of his time in the Stormcloaks for the sheer fact that it gave him an actual war in which to fight. All of these things Meesei knew about him, not because Saras had given her any sort of description of him, but because he made it abundantly clear to anyone who spoke to him. 

Meesei took a position just behind the shield-bearers, alongside her pack. Lorag was to her left, fully armored and bearing his hammer. He would be moving between using the shields in front of him for cover, and stepping into the front to deal damage when appropriate. Sabine was to Meesei's right, while Ahnasha and Fendros were just behind them with a row of archers, which included Saras. Kaleeth was in the very front, just beside Ri'vashi. Once they got inside the ruin, Meesei expected that their forces to explore different pathways, so they had already divided their forces into teams that would stay together as units during their explorations. 

As the formation was gathering, Hjergir approached Meesei and her pack directly. He was wearing thickly wrapped furs and leather, with a hood made from a saber cat's head and a cloak made from its hide, and wielded a standard nordic mace and shield, with a nordic sword at his side. "Champion, good to see you at the front. I've heard about what you and your pack can apparently do. Look forward to seeing it for myself. Hopefully, this ruin gives us a challenge worthy of all this effort." He commented. From his tone, he might have been skeptical of the stories he had heard about Meesei. 

Lorag huffed. "After what we've done? A few machines are just goin' to be an annoyance."

Ahnasha did not say anything, but she did give a curious look to Hjergir. He had not yet spoken much to Meesei, or the rest of the pack, and she did not really know if they would end up getting along. He had not yet said anything directly against Meesei, but he just seemed skeptical overall. In particular, she was not sure how he would get long with Lorag. Granted, they actually did seem rather similar, but they had fought on opposing sides of the same war.