Neverwinter Forest leap of faith

If he had been younger then this would've felt like a game, maybe. Tuvak didn't know if someone was out there - or maybe Belharra was playing a prank on him - but he felt eyes on him all the same. A sense that something was there, wolf or otherwise, and it was probably because of his lies. The openness of Belharra's commentary did not help either; this talk of trolls giving rise to uncertainty in the boy. But he didn't want to seem stupid or immature (despite being both) and with a huff, claimed: Whatever it is, I'm gonna catch it!

And with that, leapt in to action. He stuck himself between Belharra and the forest in the next moment, crashing in to the underbrush and in to the dark tangles of the woods, eager enough to hunt down this imaginary foe. There was a distant eruption of squawks and chaos a few moments later — and a small ground-bird came racing from the bushes in the opposite direction, right in to Belharra's line of sight.

Tuvak did not emerge after, though.