You seem wise, Vinnie. I think if I did ever say more, it might just be even more things that you've already known for a long time. My herd takes its duty to honour the forest very seriously, but I sometimes wonder if we aren't just guarding a bunch of universal truths!

[Oh. How did that Cheri berry end up in his mouth? That delicious, delicious Cheri berry, which he normally would never be able to taste for another like three or four months when they came into season. After the long, lean months of dried-up grass and juniper, it's hard to resist that temptation.]

Being born outside the forest, though? I find that shocking, to be perfectly truthful! It sounds a little like trying to grow a meadow without any soil to put it in!