Priya looked down at her aching body with regret. "I will let you do the scouting tomorrow. Even with healing magic, I'm still pretty sore. I don't know if you will find anything in our immediate area.
But the army should come looking for their missing unit within the next day or two, and it would be best if we had some sort of idea of which direction they were coming from so that we could report it back to headquarters.
If the mutants aren't waiting to eliminate the search unit, their arrival should be enough of an update on troop movements to keep the Scout Division commanders happy for a little while.
Normally scouts spend almost all their time hiding, but they're rarely chosen from among the soldiers who are capable of using magic, so they're in way more danger than you are with your defensive magic and enchanted rifle.
The mutants can sometimes be reasoned with, so don't make enemies of them if you don't have to.
