Wash has gone back to the forest with Athena to keep an eye out - for voidblobs, for tears, for misplaced people, for whatever looks like it could use an extra hand or a sword. The rustle is bothering him - it feels like he's being followed, or hunted, and any attempts to send Athena to track it down have turned up nothing. What he wouldn't give for his motion trackers-

Which is when something drops from the goddamn sky, and Wash's sword is out and in a defensive position before he registers that the new arrival is his team leader. He relaxes just a bit with the realization, lowering the blade as Roland speaks. "Lead the way." He looks down at Athena. "Go check it out." Once Roland indicates a direction, the feline familiar will take off into the forest, scouting ahead to make sure nothing too nasty awaits them.