<strong>Ruth</strong><br/><br/>Well, fuck, that's one way to ruin a timetable.<br/><br/>"Shut up, John." It's not snappy, just what she says: wants him quiet right now. He's not a bad guy but he has a way of making things worse when they don't need to get worse. Ruth looks over Anise for a few seconds, sighs, shakes her head. "Goddammit. John, keep watch here."<br/><br/>Normally she'd just send John on the errand to pick up whoever this Yankee is, have him brought back to the infirmary for the real work - no doubt he'll need to be moved there eventually anyway - and go deal with the Cringe issue in the meantime, but that'd mean leaving Anise alone. Can't do that. So she'll just have to put that off longer and go on the road. No reason to really believe their guest is telling the truth, but she's got to assume it for the time being. If she is and Ruth assumes she isnt, somebody dies. The alternative is riskier for Ruth, but at least it doesn't run the risk of executing someone through inaction.<br/><br/>Sometimes being who she is sucks.<br/><br/>On the upside, the chopper crew isn't exactly light on arms, so she can leave her shotgun in John's hands. Has to have some way to keep the infirmary safe, after all. "Fine. Let's go. We'll talk about deals after the bloody part is over."<br/><br/>Just a matter of following the visitor back to her bike and piling on after that. Got to get on the road quick if it's so dire and just hope it hasn't gotten worse before they get wherever they're going.