Northstar Vale what a perfect collision of stars it was

maybe @Mouse ?! i left it all welcome so there's absolutely no obligation mini!
*sneakily tries to use this for geologist* ♥

The early morning sun is still ascending in the horizon, and the morning is pleasantly cool because of it. The breeze that writhes through the vale ruffles his umbra dusted cape as he finishes up his patrols. He seeks the Vale’s food caches now and heads further in territory until he reaches the cache closest to him. As Mato begins to shift through the loosely packed earth that covers it he is reminded of the time he helped his father with the very same task: sorting out the rotten or rotting meats. Such a simple task! And yet it proved extremely pivotal for young Mato who in a few days time would be joining the ranks of the adults. A moment he should have but would not get the chance to share with his siblings (which in turn triggers the slight pang of guilt that he has yet to visit them as he had promised). He turns thoughts from it (for what good does it do to dwell upon such things?) and continues with his self given task, meticulous and thorough. Once he is sure he has sorted out all of the decaying meat he re-covers the cache and sets to making a new hole for the rotting meat so it can nourish the earth as it was meant to nourish them.