[ At least she isn't fussing overly much about having a murderous scarecrow set upon her. River isn't above the odd instance of saving herself at the expense of someone else, but this time, it really hadn't been intentional. ]

Yes. There are quite a few of them, aren't there.

[ And all apparently newly-instilled with her own darker tendencies. ]

Well, on the plus side, we made easy enough work of him back there and these are just the foot soldiers.

[ Relentless and homicidal though they may be. ]