It's dark when they near the proper forest, about the time the half-orc had given, but even as late as it was she doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.  She heard her sniff the air, and sniffed it herself, to see what she was smelling.  Lisra didn't know if something was 'different' in that sense, but something felt... off.  She too began to smell soot, if lightly, and while she couldn't see<em>nearly</em>as well in the dark as the other woman, she could see well enough for this.<br/><br/>Scorch marks on the tree, too low to be a human, trampled grass indicating a caravan of some size of distinction... but based on that sooty smell, she had a theory.<br/><br/>"Tock, remember what I said about kobolds?" Lisra said, and gestured to a scorch mark "That's about the height of a kobold with a torch, right?  No any recent trading posts that were torched, likely by kobolds?  I don't know<em>where</em>in here with the trail all but impossible to follow, but the arsonists are in the forest... and that means that I'm pretty sure my theory that the kobolds are the ones harassing the pixies is quite accurate... wanna make the move in the dark?  You'll have to lead, and I can't see worth a damn in this darkness..."