Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: Lost Mines of Phandelver

Krull dislikes the new trick Margret uses and is written all over his face..' everyone has his own style ' thinks as he walks alongside them .

"Best to bypass that Connyberry..we have more urgent things to do"

Margret winks at Krull, "I believe it may come in handy in our future fights."

Rabbit listens to Margret, nodding meaningfully. She really doesn't understand all the explanation from her, but unlike Krull really doesn't care what she does, so long as it's useful. 

"Alright, we'll skip Coneyberry," Rabbit says to the others. "We can try and get back to Phandalin quickly."

Droop pops up in his seat in the wagon from genuine surprise at seeing the second Margaret! Left to his own devices however, he gradually calms down, though not without eyeing the maybe projection with a look of wariness and confusion. The latter feeling of which only grows in his trying to follow the story behind it, before the goblin, in the end, simply dismisses the effort altogether in a shrug and shake of the head.

"So, stick to trail then? Got it! Think we make good time now. Ain't that right, horse." Droop says tot he donkey(?) pulling the wagon before using the reigns to order it to pick up the pace for a long the trail for the next couple of minutes. Or at least, try to goad the beast into doing so,

"Against a particular black spider will be..right ?"says to Margret

Krull walks alongside Rabbit and Margret occasionally looking around either at the landscape or for animals.He is thinking in the near future he ll try to be faster and stronger and maybe one day he ll go back to his tribe..He misses them and he knows that..but his connection with the animal gods needs clarification and that will take time

"Yes Krull, it would be nice to use against foes like Spider. However, I am a bit uncertain how it will affect me personally to use this power."
Margret spends the travel day cleaning and repairing her armor, sharpening her weapons, and if time permits, cleaning her soot and blood-covered clothing. She continues to contemplate and experiment with her newfound abilities, toying with how to use it most effectively..and at what cost.

When you first set out, the weather is nice and cool easy to spot any threats in the clear blue sky,  you take the Tribor Trail heading towards Cornyberry, intending  to cut across to avoid it, about five miles you spot five riding type horses, and a couple of draft horses, herding together, they move towards you. 

(So, no riders?)

Margret grabs some extra feed and carefully approaches the horses, looking for marks of their ownership.

Roll animal handling, with advantage, and then, investigation, Margret.

Animal handling 16, investigation 18

As the horses compete to muzzle your hand, to eat the grain, you note a brand on the horses rear in a stylized skull.

BSR 

"Butterskull Ranch I bet," when Margret points out the brand. Rabbit had come up behind Margret on her own horse. "These have got to be pretty valuable for his ranch. Suppose we should take them back?"  She glances around at the others. 

"Yep, that would be the right thing to do  Rabbit.", Margret sighs, as she grabs some rope and tethers them together.

"Take back? But... But aren't in hurry to get back to town?" Droop asks, sounding more curious than actually upset at the prospect of a return trip. "Or think maybe be paid more if return? If so, definitely good bad idea! Could use more cheese for road meats!" The goblin concurs excitedly at first, but then turned his gaze earthward and looked pensive. "But... maybe bad-bad good idea if disappoint Sildar for being late in getting back. Maybe.... Maybe..."

 "We, er, uhm... you just... em, keep horses? Can always givesy back later!" He says, expression brightening once more as he looks again to the group. "Not like they learn in soon time anyways! And even if learn, always just say, uhm...mean only keep safe since road too dangerous right now, yea? Then you do give back later for big reward!"

Krull does a facepalm ."yeah it is the right thing but I say if we lose time then we should do it for more money..He better pay us for them otherwise I ll turn on of those into a soup"

"Well, we may be able to ride them back, and that would save us some time anyway." Margret tests the horses for rideability.

(We all already have riding horses.)

"Big Al would probably want the horses back. Can't guarantee he'd reward us - probably he would." Rabbit says. She thinks for a bit. "Likely we'd get more just keeping and selling these horses."

She takes a deep breath, seeming to think it over in her mind. "Guess it's right to take 'em back. And I don't think we're in a big rush to get back."

Krull approves at the latest suggestion "Aye something I agree..let's say it was a gift from the gods for helping him"

But when he realised she started reconsidering it says "F..ck what is right!! And also we are in a big rush to go back..I remember masters Gundren brothers were prisoners"

(You are only 5miles from the ranch)

"Big rush?" Rabbit says. "Sildar set us on these tasks because we had time to kill. We can manage the 5 miles back."