Northstar Vale ( 夜明け ) fear not this light

With the sun glaring down at him from over the next rise, Shinra stalked along the rock-hewn path.

He had spied upon a family of goats and after a brief chase, came away with nothing but a racing heart. He was quick, but the goats were nimble little smart-asses; the target had climbed until it was just out of reach and stood there, staring down at him. Judging him - mocking him, he thought.

When he carried on his way again, there was the clattering of cloven hooves as the goat hurried away.

An hour passed during which Shinra gathered himself. He caught his breath, felt his pulse return to something manageable, and he moved on in to the valley. It was more open here, with rolling hills as far as he could see (but he was still quite high up); it felt almost wrong to be here in the open, and so he stopped and looked over his shoulder, back the way he'd come.