He scans the land around them, and absently notes 'Bert doing the same. Con your vantage always, even in such a peaceful place as this appears.

"There," 'Bert suggests, with a nod toward a not-too-far distant glade sheltered on two side with a few bushes curving around the base of a pine tree or two. Alain eyes the trees carefully, looking for signs they're more than trees alone, and determines they're not. "Comfortable-looking."

It is, dappled-shade and sun both, with enough space for them all and more without threatening any of the more carefully tended garden-plants, and good views of all approaches. Susan doesn't seem to have an opinion, Alain notices, but is idly watching the water in the distant stream.