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As the boy finishes his tale, Corren frowns. His own stew remains half-finished. He eats another bite or two, then finally says, "Friends, I know this mission of ours is to try to find out what has happened to those who have gone missing. But finding young Geoffrey here has turned this into a rescue mission. We are only a mile or so from the Dinsmore farm. Very close, I know. But I am loath to take Geoffrey there." He pauses, marshaling his thoughts. "Fortunately we are still only a couple of miles from town, then three miles to the Dinsmore place. Of course the other option is for some to move ahead to the Dinsmores, while some of us escort Geoffrey to town, then hurry after the others. I'd like everyone's thoughts on the matter."

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Zinna returns Corren's smile as she takes the bowl. Picking at her food she listens intently as he speaks. When she notices his fear she pulls her chair over next to him and places her arm gently around his shoulder. She murmurs "It's ok. " Her eyes flash in anger feeling him tremble and she stares a hole in the wall of the room.

Hearing Corren speaking she looks at him and tries to calm her anger as she listens. She nods upon hearing him mention that finding Geoffrey changes the focus of their mission. Upon hearing him asking for the group's opinions she thinks for a moment. Zinna looks around her and seeing no one else about to speak she looks at Corren. " Corren, you are right. Finding our young friend he is our priority now. I don't think it is acceptable to take him with us into possible trouble. However, I also feel we must leave as soon as possible to reach the other farms to either warn them or assist as needed. " She looks around at the group then back to Corren. " I feel that the only possible course is to spilt the group for now to deal with both issues. I think we should take whatever we can from here that will help us and leave as quickly as possible. Maybe there is food to take or horses. I have no idea what is in the rest of the house or the barn. That is my opinion anyways. " She looks down at Geoffrey again and strokes his hair.

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Carrick listens to every trembling word the young boy says and tries to parse his story to distinguish between truth and a little boy's imagination of a traumatic event. Carrick then listens to Corren's and Zinnathyra's thoughts before speaking up, "Aye, there be no reason fer th' lad 'ere to be put in any more chance of danger." He looks over to Aves, "Aves an' I know these outer lands best, so perhaps we an' anoth'r be th' ones to scout ahead then?"
Carrick looks around the room, "Zinna seems to have th' boys trust an' you, Corren, are with th' guard, so I think th' two of ye should be part of takin' young Geoffrey 'ere back to town."
The dwarf looks over to Mradoric and Roland, "So, that leaves th' two of ye." He turns back to Aves and Corren for input as he continues, "Th' young monk 'ere would be swift of foot with Aves an' I, givin' us stealth should we be needin' it. Though 'avin' some muscle, should there be a problem ahead, would be of benefit as well."

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Corren's eyes widen at the mention of horses, and his countenance turns to an odd combination of relief and intense curiosity. He turns to the boy. "Geoffrey, can you tell me the names of all the horses your family owns?" A lad of his age might not be good with numbers, but Corren is confident he would know the names.

"Roland, how many horses re in the barn? And did you see saddles and tack?" His thoughts are running down two separate paths simultaneously. The practical side is figuring how many of them can go to town on horseback, and then catch up to the others. The other thing that has him wondering is this: Anything or anyone that would be willing to capture and drag off people would usually also find horses useful. To carry captives and loot if nothing else. Or even possibly to be used later as food. But if they were left unharmed, then the perpetrators of this did not want or need them. And in Corren's experience that means either truly awful terrain, and the local area did not qualify, or underground. He is beginning to think they may be headed below the surface.

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Mradoric is still outside meditating as everyone is eating. He will be watching the area around the house making sure nothing is trying to sneak up on the group. Knowing that something has happened here is enough to keep wary of the area and finding out what has happened here.

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"There were three horses, if I'm not mistaken. But you must not go back to town, the leader has to lead isn't it?" as soon as he finish to speak he put on his helm and starts moving towards the barn: "I'll take the boy, another one of you should be enough, maybe the Reeve will be able to learn some more." Then stopping for a moment he turns and ask "Who want to come with me?"

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Zinna listens to Carrick laying out his reasoning. She nods at points and she twists a lock of her auburn hair as she listens. Zinna looks over at Corren and Aves wondering what their response will be. Hearing Roland begin speaking she looks towards him and listens to his idea. Her eyebrows raise as he suggests he will take the boy and heads towards the door. She frowns at Roland and then looks to the others. Zinna looks back to Roland. " The boy is terrified. You haven't said a word to him. Why should you take him back? Corren is our leader. Who takes him to town is his decision. " Her skin reddens with her anger.

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Under the helmet a slight smile appear for a brief moment when he sees Zinna angry at him, then with a bitter laugh he says:"Simply because it's the best thing to do, we are in a hurry so we can't waste any more time, the boy knows we are going to help him and his parents and to do that you need ours trackers, while Corren as the leader has to stay here. This leave me and a couple of you at best, since I'm the most expendable given my competency I'm the man for this job." then he stays there staring at the young girl.