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Fire in the sky

Dalen and his band had been running for a week by this point, the crossing into winterhold was always going to be tough. But now caring for the small humans they needed to stop twice as often and make more fires. The children had gotten more used to the Falmer by this point, still refusing to talk but they did not resist when one went to pick them up or feed them.

As the band camped out on the side of a hill, there came a thunderous roar from the air. "Dragon!" The Falmer scattered, running to places to seek cover, holes in the hills. Caves close by. Dalen grabbed the children and brought them with him under a hollowed out badger den. Big enough to fit in since the badger had abandoned it. The dragon landed above them and sniffed around "Where are you...?" Its voice was loud and deep "I can smell you, but so many. So many paths." It sniffed the air and its tail dripped over the hole, almost fully covering it. The three remained absolutely still and silent.

After a half hour of the dragon sniffing the area and searching for the Falmer, it got tired and flew off to seek something better to eat and or enslave. With a loud sigh he finally could realize the children had clung onto him, like a larva on a mudcrab. He was confused, did humans always do this? He picked them up and gathered up his men, only 3 losses. Not bad for a dragon attack. To make double time for the losses meant almost a full day of running.