"Might be a good idea to avoid getting too close without a plan. Some of these have inhabitants. Or traps."

There is a hurried shuffling stop, and she turns 180 degrees. She looks sheepish. "Right, yeah, sorry about that."

"We might also want to back off and come back tomorrow - though pushing on might not hurt, and then we'll be fully rested for setting out."

"Is there anywhere here that's safe enough to rest? Like, I'm not saying it's a bad suggestion, it's more I'm not a great judge of how safe anywhere round here actually is."

"We can keep watches."

"Yeah, sounds reasonable."

"I'd prioritize getting out of this muck, mostly..."

"As much as backtracking is inconvenient, we did have some high and dry ground back there."

"Probably for the best."

They can backtrack, then, and set up watches.

She sleeps when it's her turn to sleep, and watches when it's her turn to watch.

They're able to avoid being attacked in the night, though there's a lot of suspicious movement off in the darkness, and some odd sounds and distant screams.

Suspicious movement. Fun.

At least they're well rested for the suspicious movement?

The suspicious movement doesn't accost them at least, and not much seems to have changed in the morning.

"Well, ready to head back to the other building?"

There's general agreement, and they proceed without being accosted to the shrine.

Yay, shrine? (Is this something to celebrate? Who knows.)

Is the shrine undisturbed from last time?

Some small things have been moved, including ones above the water line.

Well that's just lovely.

She points this out to the rest of the group.

"We'll want to be cautious about inhabitants, then."

"Spring-cleaning inhabitants, no less."

"Implies intelligence."

"Possibly someone who can be talked to."

"Or someone who has some ability to strategise."

"Means a bigger threat."

"Yep. Well, only way out is through."