[Somebody should probably stay behind and keep an eye on the poor guard lying on the ground--and Beth is willing, if only to spare herself the cave. Maybe that's cowardly, but there's something despicable about leaving a human being behind in the snow. What happens when he comes to and finds himself alone? What if he hurts himself in his scramble to get away from or--worse, if somebody's really inside--into the cave?
She shakes her head no at Byerly, nodding down toward the the unconscious man. If she doesn't watch him, it's clear no one will.
That said, though she crouches down beside him, reaching to feel for his pulse as Maine did, she keeps her knife out and her eyes on the cave. If the intruder manages to slip past their pursuers in the dark, she'll be ready and waiting.]
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She shakes her head no at Byerly, nodding down toward the the unconscious man. If she doesn't watch him, it's clear no one will.
That said, though she crouches down beside him, reaching to feel for his pulse as Maine did, she keeps her knife out and her eyes on the cave. If the intruder manages to slip past their pursuers in the dark, she'll be ready and waiting.]