“Yeah.”

“I’ve found them, I think.  I think Siberian’s there.  There’s a lot of people, anyways.  Seven.”

Jack, Cherish, Siberian, Bonesaw, Hookwolf and, optionally, another Siberian account for six.

Who else did they get? Armsmaster?

“How much damage do you think you can do?”

“Not enough.”

Damn. And you forgot to tell Rachel where to head after she’d cured the Undertravelers. Sundancer would make this a lot easier, if they didn’t mind killing Hookwolf and whoever the seventh person – who I just realized must be female, so not Armsmaster – is.

We paused.

“Cherish should be alerting them,” Tattletale spoke.  “I’m surprised they aren’t mounting a counterattack.”

…interesting. Are they not giving her the treatment she wanted?

Is she still plotting some form of revenge?

“Maybe they can’t?  If they split up, Siberian won’t be able to protect everyone,” I said.

Good point.

I was going to bring up that the Nine can’t be sure Sundancer isn’t with them, but they totally can.

“Well, getting closer is a pretty bad idea.”

True.

“Do we have a choice?”

“We hang back, we follow them, we strike if we spot an opportunity.

You do have a choice. Getting closer is very likely gonna lead to death with nothing accomplished, so that’s not the better option here.

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