Ori leads from the front, Lynd showering him with all kinds of kisses and adjuration. The NPC driver is handling the road train. The leaders are all inside talking while it sounds friendly, the battle they just had was not predicted.
"We were basically in an ambush." Tyr points at their location on the map it should be impossible to predict their location. From what they know about the enemy, they should only have a small force. At most, they will have a company which is one thousand soldiers led by a Lieutenant Colonel. Everyone bumping around the road is terrible. The rain has slowed them down too. Only Salome is enjoying who is pulling so hard she is carrying the rest of the team.