The Nightstalkers had yet to arrive, but one of the Dragonhawk Riders assigned to reconnaissance had returned.
The Dragonhawk Rider told them that the Vilebranch Trolls at Camp No. 1 had moved out! Another five hundred trolls had joined the original twenty-five hundred there, and all three thousand Vilebranch Trolls were now heading their way.
Clearly, the Vilebranch Trolls had received accurate information about their enemy's whereabouts. That was only to be expected! They had passed so many small Vilebranch Troll villages without slaughtering anyone. The trolls in those villages were bound to report them.
Still, the Dragonhawk Rider had not brought only bad news. He had good news, too: the fleet had sailed north and reached its designated position off the northern coast. Someone from the fleet had come to ask whether they should begin bombarding Jintha'Alor immediately.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk looked at Sylvanas, hoping to see what she would decide. To his surprise, she was looking back at him.
"What are you looking at me for? You're the commanding officer!" Sylvanas said.
"Uh! I know that. But, girl, what do you think we should do now?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"Don't keep asking other people. As a military commander, you need to make your own decisions!" Rather than tell him what to do, Sylvanas gave him that answer.
"You're one of the military commanders, too. You tell me what we should do!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, passing the buck.
"I'm only your deputy. I'll object only when you make a wrong decision." Sylvanas refused to take the ball he had kicked her way and sent it straight back with one casual remark.
The Dragonhawk Rider watched the ground force's commander and deputy pass the buck, looking rather bewildered. Yu Lin Bloodhawk also realized that Sylvanas probably would not