Even with the spear pointed at him, it was hard for Rory to see a thing -- his goggles, still set for low light tracking, were fluctuating between a washed-out feed and pure overload by the daylight streaming down through the forest. He could tell enough to know there was a weapon pointed at his face, but not much else. Very slowly, so as not to trigger his assailant to further violence, he lifted the empty palm of one hand for her to see and then reached to lift the goggles from his eyes.
What met his gaze left him wide-eyed with shock. The first and most obvious thing was, of course, the spear... second the eye, and all it suggested. A Faunus? Maybe -- he knew that most Faunus had a natural ability to see effectively in low light conditions, after all. Even if his technology had failed to pierce the haze that didn't mean that the practiced senses of a Faunus couldn't succeed. Still, he wasn't 100% sure that's what she was, even. The rest of her attire -- if it could be called that -- made it perfectly clear that this woman was FAR more experienced and at home in the wilds than any of the students were, and what he could take in of the elaborate trap they'd walked into confirmed just how dangerous this person could really be.
Was this...?
"... Actually, we do." The shield fighter, after a moment's pause, spoke. Rory did his best to sound calm and focused, even though he was all too aware of the blade mere inches from his face. "We're students of Beacon, escorting a woman named Cami Unis. She asked us to find a friend of hers. Gaud, I presume?"