[ No need to tell him twice. He casts one last, searching stare through the settlement, listening carefully for any muted cries for help, before finally evacuating himself. (He's ready to put as much distance between them and the dragon as they can. ...Even if he knows it's only a simulation, it doesn't feel like one. The air is thick with ash and smoke, practically sour with fear, and the quiet sobs of the little one in their care sound all too real.)
They travel mostly in hurried silence, other than the few placating noises they attempt to offer the child, before he finally asks, ]
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They travel mostly in hurried silence, other than the few placating noises they attempt to offer the child, before he finally asks, ]
How long have you been here...?
[ (Awake, he means.) ]