That makes sense. It would be more urgent, obviously, to send Red Claw back, and he'd be not wanting to hide. Less urgent, maybe, to send Shorty back, and maybe harder to find him if he is trying to hide, or just going around to try to find his way to the Great Valley, or back to where Bron was. He'd understand the language of the others around so could maybe learn a few things of where he was.