Anastasius stroked his chin.  "I would expect it meant this place was poisoned," he said, "But the plants are fine and there are bees.  Still, we should stick to the provisions we brought till we know for sure.  And I'll save my guesses for the goings on inside until I've had a chance to look it over with my own eyes.  But yes, something is wrong here and we need to find out what before it catches up with us."<br/><br/>He nodded toward the outpost.  "That building over there sound enough to move the slaves and supplies into?"