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You hold the bird with a mental command and use your skill to converse with it. Its response is rudimentary, but you are able to understand that many warriors, dressed in metal and riding horses, are approaching the river from the north.
You tell Captain Schera and Baron Maquin of what you have gleaned from the bird, and the Baron says, ‘It sounds to me that a troop of Drakkarim cavalry are coming this way.’
The captain agrees, and both commanders pass the word to their men to stay hidden and keep completely silent.