Rask holds Ca’armine’s shoulder when the priest of Raiden wakes him for his watch on the platform.
Rask looks into Ca’armine’s eyes and speaks queitly, “A moment please.”
After a few minutes Rask nods, his thoughts Gathered.
“Ca’armine, what we have… won’t they come to us?”
Rask shivers a bit, and focuses and quietly prays to Raiden to shield his mind
“If Sassy can sense it he will come for it however he can, right? That probably means Bandy…”
“We are don’t need to target them, they have targeted us right? Didn’t Alexis say he could tell Varisimuss was scrying on him, probably from the Pool near Greyfax? Or at least, in that direction. ” Rask nods East and continues speaking,
“There are others who will seek it also, or will when they learn of it.” He turns towards Ca’armine.
“We need to be ready for them to come to us.” Rask says grimly.
Rask looks North, towards the mountains in the darkness to the North and asks,
“Instead of attacking Bandy on his home turf, perhaps we should set a location that is to our advantage?”
“This is a wise observation Rask! Carrying a powerful magical item will indeed turn covetous eyes upon us. Those who seek it specifically, but also those who are drawn to the magical power.
As for the Dark Hand, trying to see their intentions is difficult. Perhaps they are lying in wait for us already, to ambush us on the road to their stronghold, or perhaps they see us proceeding in that direction, and choose to wait for us.
We are bringing an artifact they want, so they will either move to strike when we are at a disadvantage, or wait for us. However, if we simply find a fortification and wait for the attack, I doubt it would come.
Let’s talk to Alexis about this!”
Rask looks a bit sheepish, it’s not his observation after all; Hadonis told them, Zrithak whispered it to Rask in a dream, but Ca’armine’s confidence in him does bolster his spirits.
“Sounds good, Ca’rm, rest well, we should all talk about it in the morning. One way or another, we need to plan for our next fight…”