On the "Blessings of Nature" quest, I decided to let that Maurice Jondrelle guy tag along to the Eldergleam Sanctuary. After he got killed about twenty times (apparently, he thinks the best way to fight bandit chiefs is to punch them, completely ignoring the sword he found somewhere), I decided to to just run ahead using regular sprint and Whirlwind Sprint. A dragon attacked when I reached Mixwater Mill. Good ol' Maurice showed up just as I killed it (which wasn't that difficult, since it got distracted by a chicken), and together we set off once again. Another dragon attacked us near the sanctuary, and we killed it. Maurice managed to survive with only a sliver of health. I healed him, because after all that I was not going to let him die (again).
It's not the most epic scenario, but I think I earned the title of Most Patient Dovahkiin for not just feeding him a bunch of arrows.