Broken Boulder the sweet far thing

we can fade here and i can start a thread for him in bearclaw valley^^

Mr Fields. That was funny too. As far as he knew, they were the same age, many a few months apart. Did he really seem that old? Was it the height?
It was the height.
Good-naturedly, Taylor waves away the prospect of repayment. Checks and balances— all that stuff was a nuisance if you really got down to it. Though he supposed if you really got down to it, there were no rules at all anywhere. Well then, onwards, he says, enjoying the feel of being in a story, despite himself. The intrepid explorer and his faithful partner! He'd be adjusting his hat if he had one, and putting a stalk of wheat in his mouth.
On the fairly long trip south, he would share stories of the Valley with Ico, talk about the mysterious one-eyed boy king, talk about bears in the shadows.