Swamped

"Shorty, what happened the last time you went on a scouting mission?" you ask.

"Do we gotta bring that up again, Boss?"

"Yes, Shorty, we do. Remind everyone what happened."

"...I found the Bogknight squad we were trailing, but I completely missed the weak walkway between us. And also the gator sitting below it. Ended up alerting the Bogknights, and they pulled me out and dragged me back to their base. They laughed about it for weeks."

"What's this got to do with me?" Rivers says, scowling.

"I told Legs to watch our guest. So he can't devote all his observation time to looking for odd things that might lead to our escapee. We need a good scout on each team, and you and Starling are better at that than I am. Greeneye's better, sure, but she's still recovering. So, Starling either goes with me, or with Rotmouth. If you're sure you want to switch..."

Rivers is looking doubtful. But she's not actually saying anything.

"Oh, and another thing. I noticed your hand was missing from our game earlier."

"So what?"

"So, here's the rest of the cards. May as well have 'em all in one place." You pull the deck out and hand it to her. "I haven't looked at any besides my own - but if you don't believe me, you can level the playing field when we finish things up later."

She doesn't answer, still, but she does stand behind Legs. That's about as cooperative as she gets, you suppose.

"Right. Any other problems?"

Rotmouth mutters a bit under her breath, but that's it. You figure that's good enough.

"Okay. Let's get going. See you in ten."

You start walking down the long way. It's almost deserted; there's not a lot of important rooms in this direction. That's probably going to change once word gets out of the escapee, but for now you're the only ones actually patrolling it.

You all keep an eye out for what you can. Of course, you're not sure what exactly you're looking for, which makes it hard...

Oh hells. Is that Gray-maw walking this way? You don't think she's seen you yet, but it won't be long before she does.

How should you handle this?