Northstar Vale tracking

maxim felt a bit...shy under the question. he had not been a man before those things! he had been a boy, finding his place in the world. mereo had given him order. towhee had given him family and later on love. all of the things before felt that they had not mattered anymore.

i was not, i do not think. i was young — he practically still was! before mereo i was a rowdy boy who wished to take the world by storm. now i am...here! loved and entering a period of teaching with a wife by my side, children too. i do not think of the times before anymore.

in fact, he only ever looked to the future now.