Karl's keen vision caught sight of the white cloth moving toward them at a run through the forest, a full second before he managed to associate the clothing with its most likely owner.
"Those are clergy robes. No more than 150 centimetres tall, I think that they're students from one of the Seminary Academies." Karl informed the others, then moved to intercept the two running figures.
If he was wrong, he had all the advantages, and if they didn't want to stop, he could just have Rae tie them up until they calmed down.
The two came barrelling through the trees, then paused when they saw the Academy uniforms, and began to gesture wildly.
"You have to get out of here. There is a giant monster in the sky." One of them shouted.
"Three metre wingspan, kind of brown with a creamy belly and red streaks on its legs? That one is trained, he's with us." Karl informed them, and the two clerics simply stared at him as if he had grown another head.
