Noble gave a bit of a laugh at Gnols' words. "She's trying to teach me." He said with a weak smile, moving to pet Comet's neck before he winced at the Older Dragons roar. Comet fluffed her wings at the roar, holding back on letting out her own roar. She kept her head down as she watched the area, her tail swaying slowly before she looked up to the tree tops. [i]"How long until we get to the fortress?"[/i] Comet asked Gnol as she looked over towards the Dwarf. She wanted to dart ahead and fly, but she knew she wasn't allowed to. [hr] Ricki looked back towards Alan as he spoke to her. She blinked and looked down at her own hands before she looked back to Alan. "I..." She started, "I don't know. I've never tried anything." She gave a weak smile, moving to gently pet Mercurys' side. "When we settle down for the night we can definitely give it a try." Ricki said with a bit more of a smile, "I'll take first watch, I don't often need a lot of sleep." Rai nodded at Mihkal's words, "Understandable." She said as she glanced back to the two behind her as Ark continued to walk, lifting her head up to look to the sky. "We can set up camp in the next meadow." She said, "That way we'll have time to get up a good base camp for us before the sun fully drops." [hr] Seb stayed silent as Crressa called him silly. Should he tell the others what he was hearing? Or should he stay quiet until he knew what he was really was correct and not just a trap on himself. Orian looked back to Fiona as she spoke to him, he pushed the question to Damien and got a shake of the mans head. [i]"No, you should be fine."[/i] He said gently, [i]"I believe we'll be dropping towards the treeline rather soon."[/i] He said before Damien flexed his hands on the reigns and Orian started to drop in altitude as he was told to get closer to the trees. "We'll be safe." Damien spoke out loud, loud enough for Orian to hear and transfer to everyone else. "We're nearing the base. We should be there just before sundown." The stony figure above the cave gate opened an eye as they heard the wingbeats. They stayed completely still but pushed a mental message off to a figure hiding in the trees. Both of them gave a general mental nod to each other as they readied themselves to whoever was on their way. Kings men or not, they would be met with a force to be reckoned with.