Aeolius grinned as the dog seemed to enjoy trying to jump up and catch him, deciding that the canine wasn't all that bad and played along in the little game. He would get just within range, and right when the dog was about to jump, Aeolius moved just out of reach, so the dog ended up biting at thin air and landing back down on the ground. Wash, rinse, and repeat. As he did this, Aeolius laughed, giggling with every failed attempt that the large canine made, but after a while, his eyes drifted to the human, who seemed...appalled...at what was going on.<br/><br/>"Oh come now, it's not THAT hard to believe! You're a big baby, you know that? Hallucinations, a miasma that kills, bah! I'll show YOU!" He swoops down, grabbing the human from the behind, right as he'd made the conclusion of watching too much X-men...whatever the hell that was, and that the miasma was making him hallucinate. "You want proof, yeah? I'll give ya proof!"<br/><br/>With a powerful swoop of his wings, he shoots the both of them straight up into the air, the ground dwindling beneath them in seconds, the dog gazing up at their ascending forms and barking its head off, going nuts at being left behind. The wind rushed past their ears, pulled and their hair and tugged on their clothes, well mostly the human's, since Aeolius really wasn't wearing much. Twisting his body, he corkscrews vertically through the sky, turning and turning, laughing loudly as he keeps a close watch on the human.<br/><br/>At the last moment, he suddenly stops, his wings snapping open and halting their ascent into the blue sky, now a good fifteen hundred feet in the air. The ground was a patchwork quilt beneath them, and from this distance, one could see the entirety of the expanse of miasma. It stretched in an oval of at least two miles lengthwise, and one-mile width, the end coming just up to the base of a large black mountain. A dark mountain, a huge, jutting bulk of onyx, where no life grew, no life lived or called home.<br/><br/>To his kind, it was known as Shadow Mountain, but to the humans, he knew not what they called the structure. The whole thing gave off a malicious vibe, dark and brooding, seeming to absorb all light from the air around it, giving it an eternal shadowed look, clouds encircling the tip, lightning flashing here and there. The infernal storm made up of the darkness in all the hearts of those who had life and soul. Any creature in their right mind did not dare step foot upon its stony side, nor could they survive even if they tried. The only life that called the place home, or had, were the Lurkers, a race of Shadow Elves more dangerous and evil than evil itself. They were the reason as to why the war had even begun in the first place...and they were what had caused the end as well.<br/><br/>Then his attention shifted elsewhere, to the seemingly never-ending expanse of forest, it was a wild yet beautiful place, filled with life and energy, the very opposite of Shadow Mountain. A mist hung between and above the treetops and had a sort of surreal glow to it, silvery and enchanting. It was known as Treferin Forest, which housed the oldest Elven city, Solaris. Most likely it was in ruins now, Solaris was home to the Woodlands Elves, who valued life and peace. They were one with nature itself and were known for their strong earth powers, growing plants in seconds, making giant trees out of tiny saplings. It was a mysterious place, but unlike a lot of the Elven tribes, the Woodland Elves opened their arms to any and all who happened to visit.<br/><br/>All the while as his eyes shifted, he made sure to keep a good grip on the human in his arms. He knew that humans were more fragile than his kind, and if he somehow managed to drop this one and wasn't able to catch him, that was the end for the guy. But it was alright, Aeolius was more than confident enough with his powers, and even though he appeared to be scrawny and weak, he was actually quite strong. Glancing down at the human, Aeolius grins a bit, waiting to see if the guy had anything to say, before speaking up again. "So...think I'm a hallucination NOW?"