Of Pontius, he himself sat in on the meeting since it no doubt concerned their homes and he considered himself to be an important member of the town, since he was the only blacksmith there until he started to train an apprentice. He had a few boys on his list, but he wasn't quite sure who would make a worthy successor.<br/><br/>During the time since he last spoke to Detta, he broke up several fights that happened because of the slowly increasing lack of water that everyone was allowed to have, which caused angered words to be exchanged before fists started to swing. The lack of water wasn't getting to him, while it did to a slight degree, it was more that he was upset with how everyone seemed to be blaming their neighbors for this...that was what stung to him the most; how everyone seemed to now lack trust in one another when they needed to start pulling together to get through this troubling period.<br/><br/>He sat himself in the middle of the crowd so as not to appear all to eager to be there while also keeping from appearing to not really care what was said by being too far back...he hoped as he listened to what Thane said and began to ponder on an idea while someone else threw out a suggestion. It sounded plausible, but there was no telling what called the area around the falls home as he believed, besides initial exploration to discover the place, Pontius doubted anyone took the time to search for what kind of Kreatures were indigenous there, not to mention that they would be passing through the woods to get there and the thought of one of those spiders hiding, just out of sight where they couldn't be seen, made Pontius shiver slightly with fear.<br/><br/>"Perhaps we should stick to the wells that we know of for now," he said in a clear tone as he uncrossed his arms and took a step forward. "This storm doesn't sit well with me and sending out a team of any sort into the woods sounds like a bad idea and that you're asking for trouble to sit at your table. My suggestion is that we should send out armed escorts to go along with those who normally gather water, so as to keep them safe from Kreature attacks. Then when the storm dies out, send a scout party to the falls to see what can be found at the falls." he suggested.