Aura and Cascade would find the leader of the highwaymen standing among those who had fallen during the battle. Though usually a dour scene, the mood of the area was lightened considerably by the fact that only those who had been felled by fire arrows had actually died. The vast majority of the highwaymen who had been struck down had merely been knocked unconscious. The simic hybrid was not busy when they found her, and so listened intently to Aura as she explained what she had seen. "I doubt any amount of digging would allow us to catch up to them." She said once Aura was done talking. "Some of the attackers couldn't escape and surrendered instead. From them, we've learned that they were slave soldiers of an efreet and a dao. They had been ordered to take over this campsite and use it as a capture ground for new slaves. Whatever hole you saw them jump into was most likely a portal back to the Elemental Plane of Earth."

When the leader of the highwaymen was done talking, a tabaxi that Cascade would recognize as Leaves on the Breeze approached. However, she is far from the jovial rhymer Cascade had faced off against before. With a heavy hearted expression, Leaves looked to Aura and spoke. "You were traveling with a human and an ooze, yes?" The tabaxi said. "Please come with me." If followed, Leaves on the Breeze leads the way to one particular bedroll. Rala sat next to this bedroll, looking down at the unmoving form of Plasm, who looked to be very badly burned. Her usually malleable form now charred and hardened. "I'm afraid your companion suffered terrible injuries during the battle. So terrible that not even magic can heal her." Leaves explained. "She will live. She will recover. But there is no telling how long it will take."