"I thought we would be landing in the city. But we are actually a small journey from it, aren't we?" Leon had referenced the maps before he came out because he wanted to make sure he would be able to better battle in the areas they were traveling. It would be even more dangerous if he were to be stuck in a place with a lot of dry weather and dust.
"A lot of people think that. But we have to keep the mountain eagles separate from the rest of the avian monsters that have been tamed in the guild. If they flew in to the city we would have a war of the birds." The tamer that ran the small ranch that they had just landed in was checking over the mountain eagles. "This letter explains why you were on the back of my eagles. When you see Elise tell her that she needs to come back and have dinner with my wife and me. It's been a little while."