Travelling just barely above the treetops, Kellus recieves Colonel Ara's message, and it sets him to thinking about their goal again.  Ara's single-mindedness on capturing the nagas at any cost is worrying, especially if he's willing to sacrifice his own men if they disobey him.  There's more going on here than just a simple capture mission, of that much he's sure.  When Kellus gets back he'll have a few questions he wants answered.  This whole thing was reminding him more and more of rather painful memories from his past, and he had no intention of repeating that a second time, no matter what he had to do to prevent it.<br/><br/>Through his furies, Kellus knows that Arkain and the other's haven't left the den yet, although they've started moving around more.  With as much noise as the transports are making, they probably know that Ara's forces are moving in on them.  Again, Kellus has to question the point behind doing this.  Between his abilities and those of the other specialists they had brought in, a fairly large force could have been moved in without alerting the nagas.  Instead they're demolishing a huge swath of the forest simply to flush them out.<br/><br/>Nearing the ravine, Kellus hopes that the men Ara had sent there were ready, as they wouldn't have much time to prepare once the nagas started moving.  He also gets Arboria and Gaean ready to move in case the nagas don't start moving in the right direction.