It would be<em>so easy</em>. Hungry Mouse could draw her spear and go through that militia like rotten food through a goat. They could take whatever they wanted from the villagers and be on their way, and she wouldn't have to get up and talk to anyone. All it would take would be a hand gesture.<br/><br/>She will lose people, though - though all the archers will die, at least a few of their arrows will find their mark. And... is she truly ready to see<em>another</em>village die for the rightness of her cause?<br/><br/>No, she will use her words. She holds up a hand to her people, not the gesture for attack, but to wait.<br/><br/>"I am Mouse," she announces, thumping her walking stick against the ground, "my people have traveled long and far, and we will yet travel long and far. We have no quarrel with you and yours, but we require water and food for our journey. We can pay with silver or pelts or toil."