Blacktail Deer Plateau Quite The Goofball

despite himself, his smile grew into a grin. the older male's easygoing nature was infectious. aditya was always finding himself growing more luminous in the presence of positivity, and his golden eyes sparkled with mirth as he spoke again.

"well, they do have tails, just not ones as great as ours," he replied, thumping his own massive plume on the ground. "i don't believe we've met. i'm aditya, but call me 'adi,' if you'd like. i just returned from a month-long scouting voyage through the valley."

he wondered how this man had come to be a part of morningside. did he have connections to grayday, or had he just shown up on the border one day, ready to be a part of something bigger than himself? as someone who had entered via the latter option, aditya could respect that.