Kellus simply glances at the wolf, then back at Ara, apparently not concerned. The mantis on his shoulder, on the other hand, fixes it's attention on the wolf, and does little but stare at it. "I've started an initial sweep of the area, and I've got some bad news for you. This is some of the densest areas of jungle I've had to work in. It won't pose much of a problem for me, or any other specialists you've got here, but ordinary men won't be able to do much out there, and the cover is thick enough that if the nagas don't want to be found, I'm probably the only one who would be able to even get close to them, and I'm not so confident about even that. Worse, I've already located at least half a dozen feral furies out there, mostly wood and earth. Sending teams out into the forest unassisted will only get them killed if they run into one of them. Your men have already started to agitate one, so I'll need to deal with that soon anyway."<br/><br/>"As for ideas, I have a few, but none of them are ideal. Your problem here is the cover the forest gives them, so the best solution would be to remove said cover. You've enough heavy machinery here to bulldoze a path straight to their den, once we find it. The problem with that would be the noise; they'll know you're coming, so you'll need to set up a perimeter around the den so you can catch them when they run. You're also going to rile up the locals, including the furies I mentioned. Another solution would be to employ some sort of defoliant, chemical or otherwise. That would take longer, though, and you run the risk of poisoning the nagas, or anything else that goes into the affected area.  The only other option is to send people in on foot, and you're going to have a lot of casualties if you go that route, considering the numbers you would need to overpower the nagas if they're as nasty as you say they are."<br/><br/>"Regardless, my first goal is going to be locating the den so that we have a target. Also, just so you know, if your overgrown puppy over there ever tries anything, you'll need a new pet. All the money in the world won't stop me from defending myself if I don't like what's going on, and when I fight I don't hold back."