That snag of pain does not go without notice. Elidibus, however, does not act, as the pain is inconvenient but not life-threatening by any means, and he will not violate Mithrun's agency for something like this.

"Let us be off, then."

But he will guide their patrol to lead the two of them closer to an area that he believes will have them encounter others. The immediate area has been thoroughly cleared at present, so it is not quite so underhanded as it is strategic.