Dol Sander had kept them from taking the road through the forest, telling them that he sensed eyes on them, and had done for some time. He told them that the woods would cloak their path to any interested parties, any who might be curious (aggressively so, was the hint) as to why a Stoneswell girl, a Rathian, a Duna and most bizarrely of all a black tiger would be travelling northwards together.
