"I can think of ways around that but they are not subtle at all."

Nuts: "Everyone seems to like the Steward, Steward this, Steward that, but they must be very very very busy."

June: "Maybe find a scout team on the ice and talk to them. They'd have lines of reporting."

Leon: "I think we should go home before we do anything irreversible, it's just - whether to investigate contacts first or head home now we're discussing, correct?"

Blai agrees with Leon and nods.

"If we go talk to someone official they could capture us all again. Though they might now if there's no violence ongoing." Leon muses.

"I wouldn't know where to start looking for someone to negotiate with without - giving away too much." June admits. "Who'd have the right kind of attitude? Do we approach one of the factions? Or maybe find a scout leader?"

"Let's just go home," Nuts says, grousingly. "We can always come back. The trip here wasn't the dangerous part."

No objections to going home here.

Right. Home they go.

It's a pretty boring trip.

Suits him fine. He's got Acts to study and if it's ever dark and they don't want to risk magic light he can practice Prestidigitation.

They encounter another group on the second day- Well, 'encounter' is a strong word. The two groups spot each other at a distance and seem to mutually decide on avoidance, though everyone is tense for the whole rest of the day. June does her best to obscure their trail a bit.

She can get a Guidance for it, small help that it may be.