"What's the gem do?"

Once the man is bound he grabs his scythe to take with him. The bow and arrows he hands off to Wuxian. "We'll give 'em back later."

He hauls the Sali up over his shoulders fireman style with a grunt and moves alongside the younger Sali and gives her the scythe so she can hack through as she needs to. It's her leading the way, after all.

"An' how bad has it gotten? Are they eatin'? Goin' back to their families? Takin' care of themselves at all?"