“You guys are up,” Fox sent. “Make it quick.”

Coco and Fox were following Bertilak and Carmine away from their sand shed.

“How did you get them to leave?” Yatsuhashi sent back.

“Coco said she wanted to help secure the perimeter, set up guard against Grimm. Bertilak and Carmine are going to show us how.”

Yatsuhashi imagined how frustrating that had to be for Coco and Fox; they’d covered—and mastered—that exercise in Professor Greene’s Stealth and Security class in their second year at Beacon.

“That’s it?” Velvet sent.

“Coco also implied that guarding the Caspians here wouldn’t do them much good if the Grimm breach the town. She basically volunteered us to do the guarding. Bertilak and Carmine support the idea. But I don’t think we can keep them away long.”

“Just let us know when you’re on your way back.” Yatsuhashi gobbled down the rest of the breadfruit.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 3