The explanations of the two men are all well and good, but lying is easy. She would not have been so quick to release them, in Yyrees' place. But then, the Animas had been awful quick to trust Mrtlindr and the others as well, bringing clear participants of the battle into her village. It was one thing to invited though, and other to just barge in and start accusing people of having cursed jewelry and being snide.

But Yyrees was in control here, and Mrtlindr would bow to her authority. She picks up the wide stripe of cloth and ties it across her forehead so it's offering a little more cover then her newly shortened hair can offer. The trade path, hmm? "How close are the nearest human settlements, Yyrees?" she asks. The elf would not be going into any human settlements. Not even with her ears covered. That was just asking for trouble; practically stopping and begging for unnecessary hardship to stop and stay a while.