Zi casually strode back over towards the table, placing herself directly beside Daniel as she leaned forward to examine the map with a hawk-like gaze. The jaded-emerald orbs fluttered erratically as they took in the details, scanning across the various routes to their objective in search of an easy path. Right away, she mentally wrote off three express-tunnels and nearly a dozen maintenance passageways that she had personally passed through; most of which had been overrun by<i>nosalises</i>months ago.<br/><br/>Packs of the "mole-ish" mutants had a nasty habit of migrating through the Metro like that, sweeping across various outposts and stations like a wave of death, leaving nothing in their wake until they are stopped by an entrenched barricade somewhere along that path- they'd always hit one sooner or later, so it was only a question of how much they'd destroy up to that point. She'd dealt with them before, and while they were fairly easy to dispatch in limited numbers, they rarely traveled in groups under a few dozen.<br/><br/>And though she wasn't exactly a coward, the prospect of being eaten alive had a funny way of instilling caution in even the most hardened travelers.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: Magenta">We should use the surface</span>." she chimed in without pretense, making it quite clear that she thought of herself as the smartest person in the room with her tone of voice. "<span style="color: Magenta">With good fortune, we can move more freely and avoid getting cornered in collapsed tunnels. Much safer, even with the demons</span>."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>