Pysan nodded, looking towards her Palico and then back to her. "I'm sure she'd make you proud, but I was thinking more along the lines of mounting up a couple of the Jagras to cut our travel time down." He saddled up beside the Wingdrake roost and looked across the dozen or so small monsters that were waiting on various perches around or near the water, occasionally leaving their seats to swoop down into the water and snatch up a fish that got too close to the surface.<br/><br/>"I'm sure on foot we can easily out pace a couple of academics, even with their palico escorts, but the sooner we catch them, the better." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a ration, waving it to get the attention of one of the Wingdrakes, and then tossed it into the air as it made it's way over and landed on the hitching post in front of him. "Also we'll be less sweaty and have all our stamina if we reach them and they're already in trouble. Also, as tough as Duchess is I saw those Jagras dragging around a half dozen dead Lynians. So I wouldn't send your Palico in alone against even a small group of those things."<br/><br/>He laced his foot into the harness and grabbed hold of the lash with his dominant arm before a sharp whistle instructed the Wingdrake to take off, heading in the direction of where he'd seen the odd Jagras den.