Pippi is sitting in a hole, under a tree, with a Scotsman to spy on a scouting party that may or may not be looking for her.
Like ya do.
A trail was left to be followed by the enemy to their old abandoned camp sprinkled with clues to give a false impression of their numbers and plans. And then
the situation changed.
So they had to change the plan a little. Hence the hiding in the hole.
[ooc: NFB due to distance in time and space. For an explanation of the plot, go
here. Locked to hem what knows who he is.