"I have been in touch with Sarpedon, and he reports that we do have spies working for us there, but they're outside the city, and the security there is tight. It is unlikely that the spies would be able to enter the city - they'd most likely just be caught and killed. Lets at least wait until just before you get there. This way we'll at least have an idea of the size of the garrison, and know any movements from deeper into the Ptolemaic land. That we would lose if they got killed."