“The two shelters are close to one another,” Tattletale said. “But I’m still a little worried they’ll leave one location while we’re checking out the other. I almost want to split up.”
Don’t.
We’ve already had one case this Arc of the Undertravelers splitting up and the group Taylor’s in having to rush to an ongoing fight between the Nine and the other Undertravelers (given the choice, Taylor would go to the library shelter, only to find it empty). We don’t need another right now.
“Is that worth the risk of having half our group caught off guard by the Nine before the other half can arrive?” I asked.
And that’s the other reason I’ve been telling them not to split up.
“A better question,” Tattletale said, “Is whether we can afford to let them get away. If we miss this chance to go on the offensive and let them escape, they go into hiding and work out a strategy.”
Fair point.
Though… do they have reason to believe they can’t just stay in the shelter?
“And we’re not exactly in their good books,” I said. “So we’d be a primary target.”
Was I imagining it, or did Grue’s darkness expand around him by a fraction?
I suppose this is a defensive instinct triggered by the idea of the Nine coming after them, but my first thought was that the darkness muffles sound and would work well as a way to tell the two of them to shut up.
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