I shook off Butland's glare with some effort as I took my place beside him. 'Why are we meeting up here anyway? Wouldn't the stables-'
The Ingaran laughed. 'You'd suggest opening the stable hatch with all of those roaming beasts living down there?'
'Hey!' One such creature yelled as he too reached the bridge. 'You didn't seem to mind us joining your team, though, did you?'
Butland me a calming gesture. 'I meant no disrespect, only that the young ones might escape at the first opportunity.'
'Fair point.' Nobody seemed prepared to dispute that possibility, not even the creature who'd taken offence.
'Do you mind not standing in the hatch entrance? Move inside already.'
'I can't; something is blocking the stairwell.'
'I'm a person too, you know, I have a name.'
