I'm at the part of the main quest where Odahviing will fly to me where Alduin is. I have released him and he is waiting on the patio, and I told him I am not ready yet.

What I want to know is if I can do other quests and just leave him there for a long time? Or should I just trigger the next section? I wanted to get more shouts and level up before fighting Alduin, but I'm afraid if I leave it, it will get buggy.

Did anyone else wait?

I'm sure you can leave him as long as you need to but I wouldent worry about being to strong...

I waited a little while. Why would you think it would get buggy? It went perfectly fine for me. The option to wait would not be there if the game did not account for you waiting.

I've just read a few issues regarding his AI at this part of the quest having issues. But thanks for the input! I won't worry about it and let him sit there for awhile