Greatwater Lake La-dee-da, la-dee-da

fine by me!

A nod of confirmation and they were off. If luck held, they would encounter no one and return with at least some new knowledge. Close enough to determine approximate territory holding and perhaps even numbers, if the wind was right.

He would take even less risk with Peregrine and Fox's daughter along. There was no harm in her accompanying him, so long as she remained unharmed as well. He shuddered to imagine the reaction of her parents, though, if he was found to have taken her to peril. Their anger would be fearsome and not something he wanted aimed at the plateau or himself anytime soon.