Yup. Ena finishes checking the corpses for valuables, looks around for any chests or something, and then says, "Shall we go?"

"There's not much to be gained by staying here."

"Alright."

And away they can go.

"What do you know about vampire thralls?"

"They have to do what you say? Mostly what I just saw."

"Any goals, any desires or intentions the thrall may have had are overwritten with the compulsion to serve their master."

"Works on anyone?"

"Not werewolves, not other vampires. Attempting to turn someone else's thrall can fail, for lesser vampires. And over time, the thrall's mental ability degrades until they are incapable of even moving without an order."

"So there's no fighting it?"

"Not in my experience."

"...Does it work on non-humanoid intelligents, like dragons?"

"...I have never heard of that being tried."

"It'd be an interesting experiment, a dragon thrall could be... something. Though you'd have to get one to hold still."

"And get through its hide."

"Maybe you could open a hole with a sword. Or go for the wings, those're fairly thin."

"A major blood vessel is preferred."

"Yeah. I think there's one in the fleshy part of the wing, but not really in the wing flap itself. Ah well."

"Perhaps you can try next time you happen across one."

"There's a fairly decent chance if you hang out around the cities enough. Ironically, the roads are comparatively safe."

"Are they waging a war?"

"The dragons?"

"It doesn't make much sense to attack cities over travelers, unless the goal is terror or to hurt as many as possible as quickly as possible."

"We honestly have no idea what the dragons are aiming for, but that sounds as likely as anything. Probably also depends on why they're even returning in the first place."

"I suppose talking would be impractical."

"They have a bad habit of not answering questions."