[center][h1][color=f26522]Carnatia de Luson[/color][/h1][/center]
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Carnatia held back a sigh as the group decided to head into the spiders' lair. Objectively speaking, it was a risk. Gray said that spiders were not social creatures, but given that he, himself admitted earlier that most of the things they knew of this monster were things shrouded in legends, who knew what assumptions would be true or not.

Still, she did already consider that pragmatically speaking, it was also a matter of morale to show the members of the expedition that they would not merely abandon them should they find themselves in dire straits. And also the fact that they do need people to watch over the camp. Which meant that as long as their employer wanted to continue the expedition, attempting to rescue the missing workers was the pragmatic choice here.

Once they reached the creature's lair, Carnatia drew her rapier and stood on guard as she let the rest look around the lair. Eventually, they found the cocoons containing the missing workers.

[quote]Both men finally nodded in agreement, and Vesemir asked Gray to hold his lantern before speaking softly to Roxas first. [b]"Dear Roxas, could you help me lift up our poor Stepan? I will carry him-- Those who still have strength, please lend me your aid. Let's take back these poor lands back to our camp." [/b][/quote]

Carnatia considered helping, before dismissing the idea. Purely strength-based physical work was not really her forte. There was a reason why she had resorted to using magic to augment her swordsmanship, she wasn't born with the physique necessary to employ her family's martial skills, after all.

No, better to leave that to the others.

She sighed, [color=f26522]"I would like to help, but unfortunately, I don't think I have the capability to carry them through a trek in the forest. I'll take point and keep guard instead, just in case. It's important to keep some of us free were we to encounter some difficulties along the way, in any case."[/color]