Blacktail Deer Plateau court dramas

Shall we forward-date this a bit?

Pura let him follow for a time, weighing blissful solitude against the necessary evil of socializing. He had lofty ambitions, and they would not come about on their own. But Valtýr wasn't all bad. Thin and sometimes screechy, but Pura enjoyed his company nevertheless. "I can hear you," he spoke straight ahead, as if it had been the younger boy's intention to stalk and not follow. "You're not very quiet."