I Can See Our House From Here!

Thorn walked along with confidence next to his sister.  He’d been to the berry grove a few times now, finding it a great place to explore and also great for finding good sticks.  That meant he’d been through the plains of course, though that was a straight path he had taken and so there was plenty of the plains still to see. “It goes a looong way,” Thorn replied to his sister with no sign of having to think about it.

“Theirs a spot beyond with lots of trees and berries and bushes and stuff but it takes a long time to get there.  Have you been to the beach?  You just follow the wall till you get there. I haven’t been in the other direction yet.  I never went far to the left so once we get as far away from the castle as ya want to see let's go left and then turn around.  It’ll be new to me then. I wonder how far it goes that way.” Thorn glanced up at the sky for a few moments before back ahead of them.

“I found a nest here one time when I was walking with Aunty Gwyn.  It was hidden in the grass.  I only saw it cause I was looking at a flower that happened to be nearby.  Eggs were tiny.” Thorn's gaze swept across the plains. “I bet there are all sorts of hidden treasures.  Let's go slow.  See who finds the coolest thing!”  It was fun getting to talk like he knew stuff.  Thorn had been just running out each day to play around, explore, and make weapons a time or two.  Apparently all that fun was paying off.

"Thorn Carpathius"