I heard the reasoning of the others for not splitting up but dismissed the logic behind it as too simple, "If everyone wishes to search together that would truly be the wisest course of action, but searching the nearby land is a necessity unless one of you is a spellcaster of no small power who wouldn't even need to ride a boat to get from one town to another in the first place. It is indeed true that none of us knows what the others are capable of, and we cannot hope to mesh perfectly as a team. For these reasons it would be unwise to force everyone to stick together if they're opposed. Now, I'm going to join Mikuru in her search, the rest of you can either wait here on the hope we find a water source quickly and return or join us, but there is little time for debate."<br/><br/>And with that speech out of the way I hurried off to catch up to Mikuru. I'd have accepted the offer to join the mind link if she was not already getting to the edge of my sight. Catching up with her was going to be difficult as it was. The armour plates, mithril though they were, slowed me down somewhat as well and I had to run to catch up with her. I called to Mikuru as I approached, panting and nearly out of breath, "Mikuru, it is impressive that you can move at such a clip, but would it not be wise to slow down just a little? I do not believe anyone else can match your pace."