Northstar Vale maybe, maybe we all are selfish

wrapping this up (finally)!

As silence fell in between them, Mordecai found his own thoughts turning away from what they were leaving behind. There would definitely come a time when those thoughts would surface again — they always did — but now wasn't it. Instead he found himself feeling a tad refreshed at the prospects ahead, and the further they left the sprawling flatlands and wilderness behind them, the better that feeling settled at the forefront of his mind.

Now what the road would hold for them ahead he could not say, but he imagined that it was much easier to travel in a quartet versus a duo or trio. So as the group moved on from the wreckage of the vale, Mordecai set his sights to the rise of the mountains that laid ahead. They would cross them soon enough, and venture into the valley beyond.