Someone was trying to burn the entire building! Even though its walls were made from solid rock, there was enough furniture and support beams from living stone that *will* burn.
I was sure that this human wasn't acting on the commandant's orders, so if we killed him quickly, the threat would be stopped. Most other humans were desperate, but not to this degree.
'Bloodimina!' I messaged my Grand Commander. She was close enough to me that I could see her, but far enough that shouting would've been very inconvenient, especially with all the surrounding noise. 'Bloodimina, I need a squad of Beehounds to sneak past the fighting to find and kill a dangerous target—the person who spills oil everywhere. Immediately! No, thirty minutes ago!'
'Thirty minutes ago is impossible—' I caught Bloodimina thinking before she caught herself. 'Commando Silentwalk will suit the task. I will ask other squads to give them stinger-tipped bolts for their crossbows.'
