He nods slowly. "Yeah, they want us to run... no. They'd just make giant monsters and impassable chasms." As they walked, small houses and huts lined near the wall with the shadow of a walled city cast over them - but the scale is off - everything was too big, like they were little children.

"The fact they're showing us this - it must be a test." Sinbad was tensing as giant shadows appeared - it was clear from the body language that he recognized this place. "...No. Not this."

"Please. Tell these men you're wrong, you're not a spy, you're just a merchant that washed up here. I swear he is not an enemy!"

"Badr, you are an idiot. Your brat might've saved my life -"

The young man suddenly jerks as the shadow that seemed to be accuse of a spy moved behind him. He starts to scramble away, but grows stiff as a blade was pushed into his mouth. He knew it wasn't real, he couldn't actually feel it - but the brain seeing the shape of it was enough to keep him still for the moment before it's nature really registered.

"Now let me go or I will kill him."