A black raven flew over the hills of Hillsbrad.
Behind the raven flew a pigeon, which was rather slower.
The pigeon was not particularly fast, so the raven had to stop and wait for it every so often.
At last, the pigeon could stand it no longer and let out a squeal like a pig being slaughtered. The raven stopped beating its wings and landed...
There was no doubt that the raven was Karin, transformed using Atiesh, while the pigeon was Khadgar, transformed using Polymorph.
"I can't take it anymore!" Back in human form, Khadgar gasped for breath and roared, "Flying all the way from here to the Hinterlands will kill me!"
With Atiesh's help, Karin flew entirely through magic, so it took him little effort. Khadgar was different: after turning himself into a pigeon with Polymorph, he had to control his wings himself to fly...
There was nothing Karin could do about that. He could only shake his head.
"How about we rest a while?" Khadgar asked tentatively.
"We had a good long rest just fifteen minutes ago!" Karin said despite himself. "Are we supposed to rest for an hour and fly for ten minutes?"
"I..." For a moment, Khadgar was at a loss for words.
"Why don't you just stay behind?" Karin suggested. "I can go to the Hinterlands alone. You can go back to Dalaran..."
"No..." Khadgar shook his head repeatedly. "What if I go back to Dalaran and Kel'Thuzad finds me? Karin, just put me out of my misery."
Karin gave Khadgar a helpless look and shook his head again.
"Then let's go to Southshore!" he said.
"Southshore?" Khadgar froze for a moment.
"We'll see if there are any gryphons there, get one, and fly to the Hinterlands!" Karin pursed his lips.
"But I... I've never