"Really?" said Ran. "I see nothing wrong with a thirst for new knowledge. That is why I am all the way here in the first place. But anyway, where to start? There is so very much to tell..." Ran rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"It's a place far north of here if I have my bearings correct, in a wooded place. Certainly, there was forest just outside the village and the fields. The fields of course were for growing things so that we wouldn't starve. There was a brook in that woods, I remember that in my childhood I found it to be very entertaining. I would play there with a friend of mine, her name was Radi. I haven't seen her since I left, though I haven't seen anyone from there of course. We've taken to as a people to keeping to ourselves. We find that it avoids unfortunate confusion with werewolves, which was simply such a commonplace problem that they gave up on trying to deal with it completely. And from what I've seen it is alas too true. I can't recall how many times people have tried to do me in. Oh!" Ran's face lit up with realization. "Now I remember too, the village is in a valley. There was this one place that I also went with Radi high up into the hills, with a view of everything." Ran closed his eyes in nostalgia and said "At sunset it was quite the view to see."
