*Siy became even more uncomfortable and angry*
Siy: Get AWAY FROM ME!
*Kamuya hobbles back, nearly falling over. She and Aili convene in hushed voices.*
Aili:
Just leave her alone, let her have her moment.
Kamuya:
What about the pups? Should we say something to them about this?
Aili:
I doubt they're old enough to really understand or learn from this. Feel free to try, I'm not wasting my breath.
---------------Meanwhile, on more pressing fronts-----------------------
*James, Natalie, Daniel, Chevs and Marin are discussing plans on the beach.*
Chevs: To make things simpler, I'm just going to lay aside reservations and trust you, Daniel. Kinda goes against my instinct to do so, but I think I might have partially picked that up off of Daggertooth, and that was something he.... Oh never mind. What do you know?
Daniel: This 'cult' was, is, a uh, extremely power criminal empire, but then our boss became obsessed with tales of Wart, and wanted us to join the Nightmare Fleet. He kinda, went crazy in this pursuit, and it really made the organization collapse from inside. After Wart died, he really went crazy. A few of us stuck around, we still had some stuff going on, but overall Gary was just obsessed with revenge for Wart's demise, concocting the plan that led us here. All that to say, I'm pretty sure he'll be following us in a single plane, he has more forces but not as many as he likes to act like.
James: So what's the plan when he gets here?
Daniel: We need to kill him.
Chevs: Are you sure? Jumping straight to violence may not be the best idea here....
Daniel: I've thought it out. There's some wisdom to strategically keeping people alive, but with Gary dead, there won't really be anyone left who cares about killing us, and the cult will pretty much collapse.