Sabine's attention was so split that the time they had left was not worth keeping exact track of any longer. If Ahnasha had not planted the book by now, they would be leaving in a loud fashion. That much was certain.

More fortunate news was the topic of Arinette and Do'rhajul's conversation. If they were talking about Yerig, and Sabine strongly suspected as much, the cracks in the team's cohesion were present as ever. She remained still to listen on, though she kept glancing up to the lookout.

They were stuck. Sabine could not see where Ahnasha was from this distance, but if she was anywhere near where the Orc lookout had wandered, she would be making no progress. Sabine thought about making a distraction. She quickly dismissed the idea. She could hardly do anything without being discovered.

A thought came to her. One of the automatons could distract the lookout. It would be risky, but setting a sphere to noisily trundle away from the camp might at least divert his attention. Sabine hesitated as she tried to envision what could go wrong. She waited to see what the lookout did next in the meantime.