Lieutenant Priya took an oversized phone from her pocket and began typing messages at a frantic pace for the next five minutes. The look of consternation on her face was fun to watch, but it was clear that things were not going well on the other side of that conversation.
"Sylvan Coven Command gave us permission to base the next few weeks' missions from this position. Morgana Coven Defense says there are still five thousand soldiers here. No, wait, they're panicking now too. Give them a second to figure out what they're doing.
My radio serves as a relay, so they would see that there are no other active command radios nearby. They say they'll get back to us. Myrrh Coven says they found empty flank camps as well, but the Morgana main line says they are fully staffed."
"Should you send a rider to the main line, you know, just to be sure it's still holding?" Wolfe asked with his most innocent voice.
