despite the fact that he was unable to pick out grantt 's tracks , trampled as they were by the remainder of the trifles ' tracks , and that the troll captain 's scent - a sharp , acrid , mineral tang - had , along with his troops ' scents , mingled into an unrecognisable spider 's web of smell , more-grim remained confident that grantt would be at the forefront of his guards , and was no doubt pushing them onwards without pause .