"I'm not sure what the reaction of the colonists will be," Laurelata said, "I mean, they're just farmers and crafts people and they're not used to these strange things. They might lash out when confronted with the unknown and you know that tension is already high at the moment. On the other hand, we can't really leave them here either."

She looked at Taz and Jessica.
"You think any of you can speak with that elemental," she asked, "maybe it can help us, even if it's only with information. And at the moment we're relatively safe as we can pull the same trick as that fishman yesterday did."