<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/32/GoblinScout.jpg)<br/>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/09/Wagon2.png)</div>Cautiously, Mogmurch and Kye broke from the treeline. Cover was minimal for the ascent, but there was no sign of anybody watching from the top of the scree slope. Mogmurch proved to be very adept at keeping a low profile as he scurried up the slope, and Kye could follow suit easily. Still, it was tough going, and the rocks were uncomfortably sharp, so it took the better part of an hour for them to crest the slope and creep out onto the mesa. They took shelter behind a large rock and peered out carefully.<br/><br/>The grey shape at the nearest edge of the mesa was indeed the wagon they had pursued. It stood still on four huge wheels, arranged on two axles, although the undercarriage of the vehicle was far more complicated than that of any wagon Kye had seen. The wagon was covered, with clear glass windows along the sides, like the most modern of carriages, but the dashboard at the front was also covered with glass, an arrangement which would be entirely impractical as soon as it started to collect dirt and mud. As Mogmurch had said, there were no animals hitched to it, nor any apparent way to do so.<br/><br/>Past the wagon stretched the rest of the Stone Table mesa, and Kye could see two other structures. One resembled a series of tent poles with rope wound around them at six inch intervals, like a cattle pen. From this distance, Kye could make out six figures inside the pen, some sleeping, others huddled in the middle of the pen, with blankets draped over them. They appeared to be human and female.<br/><br/>The second structure seemed to be an ordinary tent, fit for two people to camp in some comfort. The flaps of the tent were closed, suggesting that any inhabitants were likely asleep. Between the tent and the pen, another figure - human and male, as best Kye could judge from this distance - sat on a folding chair, facing towards the pen. In front of him was a wooden easel, on which sat a square, flat object about the size of a small portrait. As Kye watched and listened, she could hear voices coming from the direction of the structures, but she couldn't make out words at this distance. At least one voice sounded female, but there was almost no movement from the women in the cattle pen.<br/><br/>Mogmurch poked his head out from behind the rock, watching the scene along with Kye. "That's your priestesses," he hissed quietly. "They're worth stealing. We're just worth killing. Want to get closer? Or go back? I could go back while you keep an eye on all this?"