"If I may ask--" The shaman gestured towards the chests as the curiosity gnawed at her. "--may we see what these Crab gave you? These gifts may not be safe to keep, given the evil that their bringers have already performed this night."

And that was a valid fear. That, after all the effort and lives lost in battle, once Ahalyā and the others left the following morning, whatever "gifts" their quarry gave the nobles might bring more corruption and taint to this poor village, undoing what little they have managed to stave back!