Galingal gathers his meager gear and then makes sure Lia comes with the group. While on route he keeps his eyes constantly scanning for danger (Perception :10  Passive: 16)

Petmailer turns to Stena and says with gritted jaw, “Do you have a problem with me?  If you do, say it right now.  I’m not going to lead in front and have you put a knife in my back if I feel like you are just waiting for a moment to kill me anyway.  I will just leave all of you and go on my own.  Perhaps you don’t need my bow arm.  I’m tired of the constant tone, so you better just out and say it now or leave me the F*&% alone!”  Anger flares from the Drow’s eyes, tired of the constant racist anger from Stena.  

Jimjar quietly places a bet with Neth as the drow confronts Stena.

Stena, having already expected the drow to turn on them, narrows her eyes and places her hand on her sword as she lays it out for the dark elf,

"Aye, aye got a problem with ye and yer people. Aye was there for the liberating of (insert name here of that place that was mentioned at game start). Aye, and several other here, have been dragged down into this place by yer kind to be slaves."

She lifts her chin towards Petmailer,

"Just because ye was running from more of yer kind don't make ye trustworthy. Aye don't want ye with us."

She will keep staring up at Petmailer, not backing down before glancing over at Galingal and Jimjar before muttering,

"But aye don't decide who travels with us."

She gestures around at the motley assemblage,

"The rest decided ye are worth the risk. Aye say it is just a matter of time before ye betray us. If ye want to walk away, don't let meh stop ye."

She finally adds,

"And if aye decide to end ye, ye will see it coming."

((All of this is said with her normal, slightly angry tone, no more threatening than usual.

@Twombley, don't let her scare Petmailer away! She has be like this for everyone they have met, she is a pill.))

Galingal watches the interaction between Petmailer and Stena impassively. But, he was actually a little surprised by how much Stena spoke in response to Petmailer's outburst.

"We are wary," Galingal says to Petmailer. "We have lost many allies."

He looks around at the group and finally to Stena.

"Stena is not lying. She will not stab you in the back," Galingal finally says. "And if you are not who you claim to be, her sword will not be the only one you see. If you are who you say you are then we can use your bow."

Galingal then nods at the goblins.

"Let's keep going."

Petmailer’s jaw is locked as he stands defiantly in front of Stena, saying “I’ll not be made to feel less than because of my heritage, or trade the bondage from my own misdirected folk to that of a dwarf who seems to have it in for me.  I’m just tired of it, the constant threat that you’ll kill me just as soon as look at me.  I’d rather leave you all or we have it out right now rather than face the constant dribble of threats that come out of your mouth…so, which is it?  Will you stop, and we can keep going?  I need to know right now.”  His hand clenches around his bow, the dark elf tries to read the dwarf’s facial expression and intent.  In the dark and with his anger surging through him, he can’t get a good read on him.  

Insight : 8

So angry is Petmailer, that he's thrown when he realizes that Stena is in fact a lady dwarf.

((Did he indicate otherwise?  Petmailer grimaces further as he is apparently trapped in pronoun hell.))

((he can’t get a good read on him.  )) :p

The goblins look back and forth when Galingal prompts them to lead on, their hands still on their daggers, but uncertain as the tension still hangs between the dwarf and the drow.

Galingal looks from Petmailer to Stena and back again.

"We know not all drow want us dead," Galingal says then looks at Stena. "Sarith was valuable ally. This one new. But so far no issue."

He looks around at the group.

"We go now. If still want to kill each other, do it later when have moved from here."

Galingal looks to the goblins, and which ever direction they indicated and starts that way.

Stena narrows her eyes at the Drow,

"Dribble of threats?"

Her eye twitches but Gal interjects before she can respond. She says only,

"Sarith..."

She looks skeptically at Petmailer.

"Was fine."

She releases her grip on her shortsword and waves the Drow on.

"Prove yerself."

She looks to the goblins to take the lead.

The goblins exchange a look, easing up on their daggers, Yuk Yuk giving a toothy grin. "See, all cool now, bruhs! Totally chill, let's roll out!"

"Totally cool!"

They lead on, and after a few hours of twisting tunnels, you arrive back at the yawning, web festooned chasm. 

"Righteous! Just gotta cross the Silks, then a few more hours, you should be noshing dinner with deep dwarves!"

"Totally noshing!"

Spiderbait greases up his feet and hops onto a nearby strand, surfing down it before leaping to a nearby cable and into the dark, beyond most of your ability to see him.

"He'll scout things for us, but we might as well get started, unless you bros were feeling peckish and wanted lunch before we hit the strands. I like sliding a bit hungry, myself, keeps you alert, you know?"

((If/when things get to single file, what order will you generally be wanting?))

((Stena always likes to be at the back, if she can help it. Lia and her glowing sword up front with Petmailer would be her preference.))

((Lia seems to be able to keep the sword hilt satisfied if she lights up a pebble and puts them both in a pack. There'd be a bit of light bleeding out, but she need not be holding a blazing blade. Will take longer to get it out if needed though.))

((They don't really have a meat shield in the group. With Petmailer being an archer, probably better in the middle. Galingal would be pragmatic about it. Galingal in front (he has decent perception too), Petmailer or Lia behind him, then the other one next, Neth and our old man wizard in the middle, Stena at the back.))

((Another consideration may be that Petmailer, Jimjar and Kolose have longer darkvision, the deep gnome and drow through Underdark ancestry, and Kolose via his agreement with Jenny Ragbones.))

((That would make Galingal then lean to having Petmailer right behind him for the extra distance, and stick Jimjar in front of Stena so he can help keep a longer range watch on their back, and Kolose right in the middle to watch the sides))

So, what I'm hearing is:

Spiderbait (scouting ahead)

Yuk Yuk
Galingal
Petmailer
Lia
Kolose
Neth
Jimjar
Stena

Sounds good to me.

Yup, good.