"Imma do it" Michael spoke
"Please no" Samuel replied
"Imma do it" he merely repeated and did it.
Did what exactly? He transformed in his werewolf form and grabbed Samuel. This time tho, he clung to the exceed.... in his mouth. And suddenely made a mad dog dash to West Fiore. Specifically Oak as it was the nearest town they could get to, to properly rest.
The exceed was just speechless and at awe of confusion of what just happened. He got manhandled as if he was a wolf pup. Michael meanwhile was running on all fours once again at top speed to get to Oak. The exceed facepalmed at the tomfoolery and foolishness of Michael.
So the story Samuel had was that Michael had a friend living at Astera and he wanted to see them since they were traveling. And he didnt want to stay at Era, especially since Toga got sent away to do some Rune Knighty duties god knows where. So they went to see the rest of Fiore. Apparently Michael hasnt been at the west for quite a few months and wanted to see how the things were there. Soon enough, they would see