Sethi shakes her head, hissing a warning in an urgent whisper. "This is a trap."  She turns to the others, fixing both Chloe and Cairn with her wide eyes, her face having gone paler already.  She leans close to the other two so they can hear every syllable.  "They were waitin'-- for us, for one of our own.  They picked us out, prob'ly watched us the whole way from the port.  Takin' one of us is just the means to the rest of us..." her voice is trembling slightly,"but they only really want one thing."  The young woman hesitates still, one hand on her rapier, her eyes fixed upon Chloe pointedly.<br/><br/>She knows that, if there's a chance Aodh is still alive, the only humane thing to do is to try and save him.  But what waters her eyes and knots her chest is that her duty to protect Chloe must come first.<br/><br/>Mouth opening once, the words won't come.  She tries again and manages it in the same whisper.  "We should... go.  We can't do this."  Pain obvious in her eyes, she turns to Cairn.  "I'm sorry."  She turns back to Chloe and waits.  The sorceress knows Sethi well enough to be certain that, if she gives the word, Sethi will follow her orders without hesitation.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">just in case, here are rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">In case Chloe urges her on anyway, I'll put some rolls in here for the GM to proceed with.  I may not be back online until tonight, and I want to keep things going.<br/>Listen check:  not great.  40292   Noone or Anyone   2012-07-29 08:01:40   At 2012-07-29 08:01:40, icsyhyat (uid: 768) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 9 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=40292)<br/>Open Lock: better than average, but not outstanding 40291   Noone or Anyone   2012-07-29 08:01:07   At 2012-07-29 08:01:07, icsyhyat (uid: 768) rolls: 1d20a6 Result: 19 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=40291)<br/>Move silently: she's damn quiet 40290   Noone or Anyone   2012-07-29 08:00:29   At 2012-07-29 08:00:29, icsyhyat (uid: 768) rolls: 1d20a9 Result: 22 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=40290)</div></div>