(also long post)
Alluria walked through town quietly.
she saw a lot of guard movement and it scared her a little, Baxter could tell.
the pair slowly approached a band of guards that appeared deep in conversation.
"... it was just destroyed"
"there were no survivors?"
"none that have been found"
"and the macrobians just left?"
"yeah, didn't move on to the next town or anything, just disappeared after destroying it"
"that's horrible"
"they're planning something, they have to be"
then one of them noticed Alluria "move along citizen"
and she quickly complied, hurrying towards her house. she had just gone through the door when she felt a pull in her chest. she slammed her hand on the wall and saw baxter move in front of the open door and give her a look like 'you're not going anywhere'
"i have to check it out Baxter"
he didn't move.
"please?"
nothing.
"fine" and she slowly walked up stairs, baxter following, however, before he could do anything to stop her, she slid out the window and used the wind to cushion her fall. she waited. a few minutes later she saw baxter walk out the door, using his tail to shut it, and reluctantly follow her.
"come on" she started heading towards the gate "they probably won't let us leave, so we'll have to sneak out"
she was right, there was actually quite a few people complaining about not getting to leave, a few because they lived outside the city.
she used this distraction to float to the top of the gate, Baxter just growled and the guards let him out. Alluria then floated down to the other side and her and the wolf headed down the road.