[ at least he settles back down easily, not so much jumpy as he was just surprised and a little... tense. but all of them are probably tense in some way, after that, and he's used to seeing the more skittish get stabby when startled. ]

Big number of sacrifices. Bigger than the last cult we had to tussle with, and the lady that we were gonna square off against - just wound up here before I could take part. So I hope my friends are alright. But it means we can stand a chance, here, I think.

[ pokes the dirt, sullen and worried. ]

Yeah. Be useful for things like astringents and pain relief, but I gotta get permission from I think Death to pick anything. I don't wanna step on any toes when they're trying to figure out how to get us out of here.