"That sounds a decent enough strategem, yes."<br/><br/>A thoughtful look.<br/><br/>"As to the slave girl though.. I'm disinclined to bring her along. She's as likely to try running in the night as anything, and if she fights alongside us, it will only be because she has something to prove at the expense of everyone including herself. It's an easy way to get people killed."<br/><br/>"Which, I'm not sure why is such a great shock. She is a slave taken in war, that was a soldier in it. Her nature being less than pleased and peaceable is only natural."<br/><br/>He eyes her mostly quiescent snakes as he speaks, giving her a fuller look.<br/><br/>"You yourself are well though? Your.. extensions are rarely as that."