One of his hands joined the second so that both were folded on his cane.

"First my idea involves every group going in a separate point on a compass rose, save one because it quickly turns into an ocean. Because we don't know but we'll find I can't say much more than the direction they leave in. Second the idea I had means that there will only be about two people per group. There just aren't enough people here, so we'll have to make do with what we have. Third, I've talked to a few different people about this. Cal is in, and I've told Stark, Sims, Kyle and Billy."

But since he had not gotten any specific yes or no he was only mentioning them in passing. Yes, it was a devious thing to do.

"You have military experience so I'm here talking to you. There are a lot of factors that are not being covered, which I normally wouldn't add to any plan, but I don't like being held captive. And I especially don't like it when our captors can do whatever they want to us whenever they want it. First with Billy's magic then taking inspiration from what's in Sims' head."

Even if it's rash it's the best he can come up with at this moment, since not doing anything was letting things escalate.