Minda nudges a couple of the people and nods towards the former bear and the information about the cave. After Daisy finishes she points to villagers and then away from the village, then grabs her maul in one hand, points to herself and towards the village. Trying to convey that there will be killing soon.

Salem -  You hang back and watch the water, trying to catch a glimpse of the creature under the water. After some time passes, you see one of the Kobolds walk to the edge of the dock and dump what looks like a bucket of meat scraps and bone into the water. You see a crab claw the size of your arm break the surface of the water and clack aggressively and the Kobold scampers away.

Everyone -  The sun is now setting, if there is anything you want to accomplish before darkness comes now is the time to do it.

Cormac will will keep a look out for anytning he can use to make a alcohol but does not pick any of it, merely scouting out new supplies his clan can use. "We need to get thsee folks to the lad ye talked about. No child should be out here alone fer such a long time."

"He is a brave young one. He will be a great warrior one day" says Kraerd, feeling that the bravery showed by the young boy should not be diminished by paternalism. 

"Let's go and we will see if he recognise the ones that follow you..." the goliath points in the direction of the cave " that way..." he let all of them pass and will walk the last one, keeping an eye on the newcomers.

      "Yup, follow us," Daisy begins to lead Cormac and his group of refugees to the cave where they have Sigvaldi hidden away. As they walk she asks Corman, "Have these people given you anything useful about what occurred?"

"Just that the lizards had em captured in that town beyond the water. They talked about some green skins men of somekind but not much more." Cormac says as he follows them closely, running a hand through his beard even more. "Me guess is that ye folk were doing this for the the lad ye found?"

The group arrives back at the caves and Sigvaldi is thrilled to see the other villagers. It's a small town and he recognizes them on sight.

Unless there is anything you want to do, the group can settle in for a Long Rest and get rid of any lingering exhaustion.

Missy volunteers to stay at the cave to guard the villagers, enthusiastically cooking the newcomers a hearty meal. (Missy's player had to leave the game. But she'll keep the cave safe).

( If you guys want to continue to pick off the scouts over the next day or so, I will just narrate that and push the story forward a bit since it's easy enough to do. )

Minda is definitely for working out the outer edges of the problem first (as in pick off scouts).

"I think that a couple of missing scouts for some hours are normal. They could be lost or drunk. Two or more missing patrols will put them on alert and they could hurt the hostages. I think we should take the next morning patrol and then enter the twon or we will lose the surprise." 

Says Kraerd visibly umconfortable with all that people in the cave.

(Daisy would be comfortable continuing to try to pick off the patrols until a time that the invaders so a sign that they suspect something. She doesn't think the kobolds and trollkin are smart enough to distinguish the attacks from an unfortunate bear mauling.) 

"Aye that is a good plan. If I can find the ones that killed me clan's supplier then all the better." Cormac says as he opens his pack and pulls out a flask, pouring it into the strange tankard on his belt. "Would any of yeah care for a sip?"

Minda will try to ask the townspeople in the cave if there are any holes in the wall or tunnels under the wall that lead to some cellars or ... even where does the waste management system open up.

Miz thinks for a while and says, “I agree will Kraerd, they may not be the smartest creatures, but they were smart enough to take this town. We should take the next patrol as they are coming through the drawbridge, and go in hard.” Getting excited, he continues. “It will be an epic to be told for years! The heroes bravely charge in slaying the oppressors left and right, saving the town!” 

The villagers shake their heads when Minda asks about tunnels. "No we don't have anything like that... never needed a secret way in before. And we don't have nothing fancy like sewers." 

"Bah we don't need no secrer tunnels. We just need ta go in there and show em who is boss. Me axe is wanting to taste the flesh those bloody lizards." Cormack says as he down the tankard and puts it back on his belt.

"The giant carb " says abruptly the golliath " do you have any mean for him to know who are you and not to attack you? " 

(YIKES guys sorry for the wait on this!)

The woman you've been talking to, Tyrrea, taps her lower lip and thinks. "He has commands that he's trained to follow, but the bandits learned them somehow. Maybe you could trick him if you were dressed like villagers? Grandmother Hildigunn might know a way to get him back on our side. She has a little magic that lets her talk to animals and might be able to persuade him... but I don't know if she still lives."

"It would be worth lookin me thinks. If we can avoid a tussle with the clawed beastie it is probably best to do that." Cormac says as he looks at the woman, "What does this grandmother look like?"

Kraerd looks to Cormac and scoffs. 

"What are these signals? He could be a great ally, and I could try to talk to him, but I am thinking in avoiding him attacking us if we traverse that part of the bay, so we can attack them from a unexpected site." 

"Grandmother Hildigunn? She's very old... hunched and wears a green cloak. She's probably being kept with the other prisoners... I hope."

"I don't really know how the guards controlled the crab but I know they fed it a lot- that thing is always hungry."