Free to do anything

The boy wasn't even sure where he had caught wind of it, maybe it was the other yearlings whispering in the background, or maybe his masked lapwing had caught the words on the wind and bought them to him. Regardless, he was pretty certain Deluge would roll her eyes if he asked her to check it out with him, so he had gone to Scald instead. They'd both travelled the southern continent with Patience and they were both a year old now. Not that Sakana was a fighter, but hey, maybe there'd be some healing practice for him if they tracked down where this 'fight club' was supposed to be. Not only that, but he wasn't opposed to being a spectator to other's stupidity.

To his way of thinking, the north-eastern end of the dunes made sense. They were central, without being on anyone's doorstep, and the closer you got to the barren hills, even grass took root. Walled in on three sides by the glowshroom cavern, the river to the north and the aforementioned hills, there was minimal chance of anyone coming in to bust them up without being spotted a mile off too. But, it had its disadvantages too. As the sun beat down on his earthen coat, he looked to his darker companion apologetically. There wasn't a source of shade in sight. "Uh, doesn't look like this is the place, does it?"

“Speech”