Lee, Kara & Loz
Lee nodded to John to acknowledge he'd heard that his group was to go west. Turning to Loz and Kara he said "I'll take point, Kara why don't you bring up the rear." It wasn't that he didn't trust Loz, he had no reason to distrust him, but this way Kara had his back while Lo still had an option.
"So what's your background?" Lee asked Loz. If they were going to be forced to fight together they'd need to know each others strengths and weaknesses. "Have you had any formal military training?
The woods close to the town seemed to be fairly open although the heavy underbrush indicated there'd been no clearing here for a long time. As they got further from the town wall though the forest started to get a bit denser. Lee considered tightening up the group a bit.