[h2][center]Lin Quan[/center][/h2]
The walk over to the settlement that he had mentioned was not by any means difficult—particularly not to the dragon whose ability to simply cross over the troublesome terrain trivialized the task by a considerable amount. Both he and Lena had come to a quick conclusion on how to for a coherent alibi—namely, passing themselves off as a young lady and her escort (though their well-kept and relatively new clothes would likely bring about more questions than answers if others were more caution)—and given that only the goblin had chosen to follow, it was quite possible to simply play off of the idea that they were the only two present.

An analysis of the area as the group neared their destination, of course, caused Lin to extend an arm in front of the pair and shake his head 'no'. Even without any sort of experience, he could tell that there was something supernatural at play in front of them.

Not that it would be strange at all by this point, but if anything was to happen, they were ill-equipped to deal with anything other than an attempt at bargaining with anything but words.

"By the looks of things... The trees are a natural fortification for that village? No, they seem to be manipulated to do so... " he said out loud before retracting his arm and glancing at those with him.

"Should I lead? I feel as if they are expecting us to be hostile, given this... [i]Welcoming[/i] atmosphere that they have laid out for us..."