Stone Circle like a rollercoaster

As Nikai noticed Birk's surprise he chuckled, realising that it may seem odd as they didn't look necessarily alike. He didn't even consider that Valette's age played into it, for she'd been an adult in his view for however long he remembered, so to him she was totally legitimately mom-aged. "She adopted me and Keoni — our mother died when we were little when we were already a part of Valette's pack then, so she and her mate at the time took us in." Nikai didn't know that Steady and Valette hadn't been mates in their childhood, either; they'd always been together, taking care of him and Keoni, so he didn't even remember a time before they were mates.

Birk then indulged him in his request, sparking another genuine smile on Nikai's face. "I was born on a mountain," he said, falsely assuming that he and Keoni'd been born on Silvertip Mountain, "And we were moved when we were still fairly little to this place. I've explored across the mountain ridge to the west, in the valley below and the Moonspear, the big mountain another ridge over. Oh, and I've been to the ocean a couple of times. I'm a ranger, so I enjoy exploring." Nikai glanced at his back leg as he wondered with a pang of regret if he'd ever wander again successfully. He wasn't even able to hunt yet, so going too far out was out of the question for now.