The two glanced to each other questioningly; was she really worth hauling away, or should they cut her loose - or indeed kill - her? They didn't speak, save to hiss and flicker their long tongues but finally one nodded, then the other, and then she was being hauled over their back. They were strong beasts, and it wasn't so terribly tough for them to sling her like a sack over one shoulder, and set off at a loping run away from the scene; and her horse.<br/><br/>Keeping track of where she was being taken was difficult. Janica managed to squirm round into a suitable position so that she wasn't too uncomfortable - and even move her knife into a position from which she could get it if things went wrong - but that didn't mean she could keep a close track of the way back. The woods got thicker; this was more a forest than a wood. Still not lizardman turf... But a place in which they could hide.<br/><br/>As it turned out, a place in which an entire camp could hide. When she was set down it was in a small clearing. All around small huts had been hastily erected - not much more than a few sticks with leathery hides drawn out to make tent-like structures. Idols and fetishes adorned most of the doors, as well as lit torches to fight back the darkness that the thick overhead canopy made. There were tens, if not a hundred of the creatures here... Not all outside, though many were moving out at the smell of human. All were armed; even the women. There were no young... Which made it clear enough this wasn't their homes. They were an away party... Too small to be an invasion, but a scouting unit? Perhaps.<br/><br/>She was deposited unceremoniously in the center, and she could feel the point of several spears leveled at her; not close, but close enough. The door of one slightly more complete hut opened up, and a tall lizard stepped regally forward. She could tell her important immediately; he was pushing twice the height of any of his companions, and wore a long fur cape, as well as a wooden face mask that made him a few inches taller and depicted him as some red-faced god or another. He hissed briefly. "Who is this human?" It took a moment for Janica to realize he was asking her.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>