<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>At the outskirts of a Saurian Village<br/>Considering the soft approach</strong><br/><br/>"We certainly don't have the power or detailed knowledge of the village layout to just bust in and free her."  Aeryn pinched the bridge of her nose just over her spectacles, thinking hard, eyes closed for a long moment.<br/><br/>"All right."  She said at last, eyes once more intent of the treetop dwellings.  "Let's assume they know we are here  So.  Triangle formation, I'm in front, and my hands will be empty."    Another sigh as she unloaded her crossbow - but left it cocked as she slung it over her shoulder.<br/><br/>"One thing more."  She took Eshalu and Reliyian by the hand, gave the mountain elf a kiss  on her cheek - not quite a dry formal peck, gave the ranger a brief but much hotter kiss on the mouth.   "I'll be ahead of you by several body lengths.  If this goes bad... run.  Run like hell.  There was nothing in our briefings from the Commandant about trouble with saurians, lizardfolk, whatever they are called - if Port Respite even knows these beings are here.<br/><br/>"The garrison needs to know about this, one way or another.  don't look back, don't stop to  listen, if I say run, or if I go down, just run.  that's an order."  A searching look at Eshalu, another kiss.  "An order."<br/><br/>She let go of their hands, closed  her eyes yet  again, then blank concentration spread over her features as her eyes opened and she turned to advance on the saurian settlement.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>edited for spelling, rrr.