He yelped when he felt the knife move, but clearly Curufin knew what he was doing. Sighing with relief, he nodded and followed the elf back to more stable ground. As he went, he noticed a couple of chickens that were sink and pulled those up out of the mud.

"Ow!" He complained when one of them pecked at his hand. The cry was more because he was startled than hurt. He looked back at his teammate. "This is a mess. How are we supposed to get all these people free?"