The dragon knights moved through the forest with ease, their footsteps finding paths between trees and undergrowth that suggested they'd walked this route many times before. Noah followed at a distance, his enhanced perception letting him track their movement through sound and occasional glimpses of armor catching moonlight.
'What am I even doing?' Noah thought, ducking behind a thick oak as one of the knights paused to adjust his pack. 'Following them to... what? Watch them kill a dragon? Learn something about this world that'll help me complete a quest I don't understand?'
The group kept moving, their voices carrying in the quiet night. They were telling stories, sharing jokes, the easy camaraderie of men who'd fought together and trusted each other with their lives.
Noah's mind drifted while he followed, questions multiplying faster than he could process them.
