Posts from Ritnaran Lekras (Heroist) Auto-translated

They were making good progress. Sometimes, anomaly-paradox-miracle-sauruses would drop by to see what they were up to. But, apparently, they were full from breakfast, and the raft didn't look very appetizing, so they went on their way. The raft was ready.

Ritnaran asked to bring all the remaining food supplies, as well as the essentials. Then, he checked the map, the weather, and the compass, determining the southern direction. All that remained was to sit on the raft and set sail...

And that's exactly what happened. The wind was favorable, so the raft easily sailed along the water with its passengers and cargo, accompanied by a flock of particularly agile fish.

Ritnarán’s mood noticeably improved. He hoped to reach the northern coast of the southern island before sunset.

We didn't manage to reach the destination before sunset: the distance was too great. But a problem emerged: the familiar eagle that Lecras knows. It appeared on the horizon and started to screech in a rather unfriendly manner.

-What do you think he wants? - the wizard asked his friends. - Does he have bigger friends?

“Maybe he wants to be friends?” Lasar asked, but the eagle’s hideous screech made him skeptical of this possibility.

And the eagle on the horizon, where or from where are they flying? It's a small detail, but still...;)

-I don't like all this... - the mage either muttered or thought to himself, after which he began to row three times faster in the intended direction.
He had checked the map quite recently, and there were no storms, tsunamis, or other natural disasters at that time.
"-What is he shouting about?" - Ritnaran tried to guess the actions of the nasty orc. "-If he's calling friends for lunch, it's too far for them to fly here, it's pointless; there's plenty to eat on the islands for the poor little eagles. Maybe he's just teasing? No, then this is some particularly nasty and arrogant thinking eagle. Or maybe... No, that's a completely absurd thought."
Ritnaran waved his hand and realized that for the last ten minutes he had been thinking only about the bird, trying not to take his eyes off it. "-How stupid!" - he thought again. "-There's nothing dangerous about it, but it's annoying, it just gets on my nerves. Okay, I need to stop paying attention to it, stop..."
Ritnaran remembered a children's song, and he continued to row, whistling the tune loudly, trying to stop hearing and paying attention to the arrogant eagle.

And the eagle on the horizon, where is it flying from or to?

From.
The eagle is clearly heading towards the raft. Quite quickly.

Thank you.

Ritnaran had to be distracted again. The bird was not small and could pose a certain threat.
The mage reached for his staff, ready to "knock" the eagle off course at any moment.
"Do you think it could damage the raft, for example, by flooding it?" Ritnaran asked the Old Man.

--Flooding is not an option. Even I wouldn't be able to do that! Although, it's unclear what he needs.
The eagle saw the mage's gesture and descended, flying just above the water's surface: it would be harder to shoot him down that way.

-Oh, you're really getting on my nerves, you foolish creature! - the mage said angrily.
"-If he's not capable of anything, what does he want? To push someone into the water? That's a ridiculous idea; we all know how to swim here. Or maybe he needs food supplies?"
-Hey, guys! - the mage addressed his companions, still aiming at the approaching eagle. -Hold onto the provisions; maybe he decided to get revenge on us for that time!

The friends pressed forward, using their bodies to push through the supplies. The eagle approached, almost close enough to touch, and the distance was rapidly decreasing; only fractions of a second remained.

"What does he want?" the mage couldn't understand. "Everything is hidden; he won't get anything from us!"

Maybe it's obvious, and I'm just writing nonsense on the last page? ;)

Well, it's a bit of both.
The eagle crashed into the mast with all its might and knocked it down, but it also got tangled in the sail and then fell into the water next to the raft.