Damen sheathed his sword when he saw the battle had come to an end, which Ruby would head over to regroup with everyone else. She sounded rather tired, and Damen had a somewhat understanding of her situation; mana exhaustion... and Damen was suffering somewhat from it also, as his blade enhancements siphoned his magic essence, regardless of whom he was targeting for its aid. When the time to somewhat recuperate came upon them, Damen really began to think; what would've happened if Taka had been unable to lend his younger sister his aid? Ruby would've been in a world of hurt, if not dead, as monks' fists were believed to be as deadly as a sword with the right aim. Damen was reckless to have charged the mage... but if he hadn't, the monks would've continued to have been healed by their ally, if not under their own powers.<br/><br/>Damen did overhear the plan to head over the hill and behind some boulders to overlook just how tactical a position this location happened to be for Ordallians, really. North of a fort, and south of a town, and... well, Damen wanted to say something on that, as Ordallians can get some of their supplies from the town up north by pretending to pass off as Ivalcians if they didn't wear their own colors, even if it costs them, or they have to take them by force, if they failed to cooperate. "This could merely be a scout's camp, for all we know. What do we know, we could've been watched up in the same hills by a possible stronger force, judging us... Though uncommon, my father had encountered Ordallian ninjas on a couple of missions, back when he was alive. And this is a war we're in; we don't know what we'll be facing with every battlefield we get thrust into. The fights can be simple confrontations, on one side of the scale, but we can be thrust into a battle that our only choice might have to be is to retreat, on the other. I'm not saying... be cowards for the latter, but merely, cautious; if you live, you'll see and fight another day, better prepared as well." Damen spoke up; he normally wasn't the most charismatic, but his words held truth in them, if somewhat obviousness included in there. He had good intentions nonetheless for his allies.<br/><br/>"The point I'm trying to make, is to take a moment, try to consider all possibilities... as well as the locationing on our map and just how beneficial it would be from an enemy's viewpoint. To me, quite honestly, this location doesn't yield any battlefield benefits besides the high grounds for archers, and solid ground that is easy to traverse on for creatures like Chocobos, as well-demonstrated by Taka." Demitri gave a nod as he directed his attention to the chocobo. "Of course... all of this is just how I look at it, and I thought it may be somewhat beneficial for you to hear those words, is all." Maybe his father's intentions did run through him, the thinking process and consider all possibilities, even the most unlikely of cases. Ruby was able to see where her brother was coming from, being his sibling and all, and gently nodded to express her understanding, but had no need to share words.<br/><br/>"Overall, Piero, you do have a point; maybe there is something about this location that would be a place for Ordallians to set up camp that I may simply be overlooking or not considering. If this group was significant to the enemy's cause, in any way, or there was a scouting party which we were lucky were not part of this group and lucky of us to avoid as well, we can potentially get the jump on them when they least suspect it. Suppose we were able to take in the commander of the scout party alive, so our Orders will learn of more potential camp locations the Ordallians may be setting within Ivalician borders that we can burn down before they spread to far out within that our country will surely be lost?" Damen added this possibility to the table for the others to consider; of course, this was only a possibility, as the group they fought may have been all there was with no others. The smoke may draw nearby Ordallians towards the camp, yes, but they may not possess the commander's based knowledge as Damen suggested.