"Good, then you and I shall take care of the wizard, if the squirrels can handle killing his servants to keep them off our backs. Still, that lends itself even more to an ambush. If he's paranoid, we'll need to sneak up on him...
... Hey, you have a good knowledge of the darkness in that stone? Could my plan work with you as a wandering wizard and his bodyguard?" He gives Bartholomeow a dark look, a smirk with a sinister glint. "It would mean intentionally putting yourself within line of sight, of course..."