User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 399: Wings of Despair, Review and Commentary/@comment-4489126-20140908144026/@comment-7418318-20140909072538

Running away from something that can fly faster than you can run is actually not a smart move (unless there's something to occupy it's attention, while you flee). You'll just expose your back to it, making it all that much easier for it to finish you off.

Hiding might be a better option, or scattering in different directions, knowing full well that at least some of you are going to die, but also having the hope that some others might survive.