At some point, they volunteered to do reconnaissance missions, though he agreed only when they allowed him to drop them some of the beast-repelling potion he had left.
They were quite quick on their feet and learned a lot about foraging and farming from him, so it was quite practical to have them scour an area before he went out.
They were fast enough to avoid most monsters, especially awakened-level ones, since they served as 'bait' often back when they were working in the mercenary teams.
This started when they saw how he loved to forage and went on their own to help out without him asking them to. However, they were almost eaten and barely managed to get to the barrier on time.
Finn nagged them a lot, even yelling at them in shock, because he saw them almost eaten with his own eyes.
