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'Ridgemark?' said Orric. 'Was that all they told you regarding their identities?'

"Yup," said Leo. He still wasn't removing his armor. Whenever he moved, it had more of a shifting and scraping noise to it than Lord Goffe's did. "But I figure it's gotta be the RPMP, right? Other than Abolish, they're the only ones who might have any kind of clue that we're here, yeah?"

'You're probably right,' the reaper said, 'but it's common courtesy to identify yourself clearly before requesting a meeting with anyone, especially a group who may think you are hostile.'

"True," said Leo. "Maybe they've got a little mission of their own, then. One that requires 'em to be a bit sneaky, eh?"

'Hmm.'

There was quiet as the four of them mulled the situation over. The drone had flown away, Raul noticed.

He certainly understood Orric's apparent reluctance in this situation, but at the same time, he felt like they almost had no choice but to go and meet with these people. The battle was currently not going their way. They had to start doing something different if they intended to turn things around.

"So what do you guys think?" said Leo. "Should we hear 'em out? I mean, we could just attack 'em, but it seems like that'd be kind of a dick move at this point."

'Maybe it would, but this a battlefield, and this could be a trap to lure us out into the open,' said Orric.

Leo bobbed his head to the side but made no response.

"Did they provide a particular location in which to meet?" said Melchor.

"They just said they would wait for us," said Leo. "Guess that means they've already figured that our reaper here knows where they are."