Swamped

You decide to just leave the bees alone for now. Though they might be useful if you end up getting chased.

"Well, I didn't see any signs of anyone over there, and I went all the way to the edge," you say, pointing back the way you came. "Of course, I wasn't exactly focused on searching for anyone, I was just trying to find a way out, or at least to the other side. Might have overlooked something."

"I've looked as best I can the other way," the woman says. "But there were some places I couldn't slip past the guards. You're smaller than me, and you're not in Marshguard armor, so you might have better luck."

"So you take a closer look over there, and I look where you came from? All right. I'll meet you back here if I find her."

"You'd better not try anything again, or I'll see to it you don't leave this swamp. Understood?"

You nod. This is your best shot at getting out of here, no sense in squandering it.

The woman leaves for another tree, and you crawl out on a branch before leaping to the next. You make it some distance before finding a path that's heavily guarded; this must be where the woman gave up on trying to pass.

So what's your plan for getting past here?