Rav looked to Laini. He was suprised that she'd suggested it. He'd thought of that plan as well. "It may be that you'll have to do that. I was thinking the same thing. But we'll wait for Skauti. I need to know more about what we're dealing with."
Kaith looked at her son. She knew as he did that things never really played out well for everyone. The odds might be stacked against them or fore them. A good plan was all they needed to succeed, a great plan was desirable, but a perfect plan never existed. Sometimes, rarely, a bad plan would get the job done. Her worst fear was that the three lions they would face... they would face together. That couldn't happen. She wished they'd had three more lions Rav's age or one lion her age. That would even them up if the worst happened.
Zuyu smiled at MArini. "I hope so too. But that all depends on Muroki."
Rav thought and thought. He needed to be clever. He needed a plan that would raise their odds of surviving. this fight. He couldn't let it drag out and he couldn't rush head-long into a battle. Think! THINK! he demanded of himself. All of the simplest ideas he had to throw out. He realized he would have to play dirty. He'd have to run a scam on the three lions in order to keep them separated or to separate them. His head began to hurt. The answer was right there for him to grab, but it was as if he couldn't reach it.
The light of the day was fading now. a light and broken layer of clouds were forming overhead. One way or another, this fight would end before the dawn arose.