So... it sounds to me like we’re leaning toward continuing with the original mission. Is that a fair assessment?
If that’s the case, the question now becomes whether the second party will help the frogs now, or continue on their original mission. I honestly don’t care one way or the other. If it’s left entirely up to me, they’ll go on their original mission and you can decide later whether to return to the frogs. If the party wishes to convince them to help the frogs, then the other party will battle the knife birds, and you can decide later on whether you want to follow up. We don’t need to RP out the convincing, just decide and let me know.
Again, you all choose, and I adapt. Every decision has consequences of course, as this is meant to be a living world, but some consequences will be minor, some major.