She nods, and again, they're mounted up, and taking off into the air, heading south and west; within an hour, they can see the Thornwaste, laid out before them. Unlike the rest of the Elsir Vale, the Thronwaste is a massive scrubland, where the only plantlife they can see, for miles, is a thick, vicious-looking thorny vine, twisting everywhere. He notices Maura shiver, as they fly over it, but they're too far apart to do anything more than shout at one another.<br/><br/>Several hours later, they finally spot it; from the air, it looks like a massive, stone lion, over 240 feet in length, its head rising nearly 80 feet above the ground. There looks to be an opening, in its chest, between the front paws, and hints of a dark cave, in the jaws of the beast. Maura leads them to circle the lion, for a few minutes, then spots an open landing spot, and guides the owls down towards it.