i want your full attention, starling

Mordecai nodded firmly to the instructions he was given. It wouldn't be difficult for him to tend after their borders, as he had tried to make a habit out of it when they had first come to the Spine. But he could up the ante all the same, and would. At that point every little bit would help, and he knew it would take all of them working together to throw off any wandering eyes that could have been scrutinizing their locale.

"I will see to it," he told the shaman firmly. But at the heels of his affirmation other queries rose in its wake. "What would you have us do of we encounter someone wanting to join us?" For a moment his thoughts drifted back to the hybrid he had met in Silvertip's shadow, but Mordecai ultimately wondered if it would have been beneficial to drive away those seeking refuge. Loose lips and all. He needn't ask about those who lingered at their door unwelcome; he would drive them away.