[Stomping around in the dark and rain in hostile territory wasn't Motochika's idea of a relaxing time, but he wasn't going to turn down a request to help find misplaced recruits, either. It just wasn't the sort of thing he could ignore easily.

It probably would have been more satisfying to show up as a confident ALASTAIR member with the whole situation under control, instead of basically stumbling across one of the people he was supposed to be helping, but he'd take it. Better than not finding anyone in this mess, that was for sure.]

Your rescue party, though it looks like you got a handle on the situation. There was a problem gettin' you here, got sent out to lend a hand.

[He pauses a moment, listening to the forest around them, trying to hear past the storm for threats. There were things lurking out there, for sure.]

Yeah, that's a good idea. We can get into the details later, when somethin's less likely to eat us.