The Heartwood Dreamland is a free land

He wished he knew the names that the locals had given the landmarks here. He gained a few as he travelled north from his homeland, but none of this area. A twang of panic overtook him as he realized that their conversation could get a whole lot deader if he lapsed in knowledge. At least in this line of convo. I came in from the south. I'm from a place called Kereenyaga. It's far south from here, Far, far south, where snow barely fell and the land rarely got cold.