It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Vex Vex'ahlia, a half-elf ranger . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Tiny Vax, thanks to a potion that does that. Scanlan managed to go ahead and put in an Immovable Rod within its stomach, which held it up for a moment, before it decided to truly gain the advantage it needed to escape the circumstance, allowed it to tear through its body, as well as an arrow that was shot by you, towards her brother, in the hopes of, I don't know, being a symbol of hope?
DM: No! They are way over-- they're like a tiny little dragon speck in the distance. We'll get to you guys here in just a moment, but their situation is a little more dire and immediate, so I have to figure out what's going on with them right now.
Player: What if we could've chased after them? Right away?
DM: You can if you want to. Did you want to go after them?
Player: Yeah. I would have chased after them, immediately, when it took off.
DM: Okay, we'll get to that in just a minute. As it is-- the dragon's speed is it can fly 80 feet per round.
Player: That's really fast, though.
DM: Yeah, and it's making double-dash manoeuvring here, even at your fly speed on the broom--
Player: What do great eagles have? Giant eagles, I think, have really fast speed too.
DM: Let's check that real fast. Giant eagles--
