Viltez can feel his tail twitch slightly under his shirt in the back. [i]'He can't mean they drowned can he? I mean, he almost looked a little giddy at the thought of people being unable to reach the bottom. Maybe he can? That's most likely it, He must be one of those men who do very well under water. We've had a few come through town who work in the ocean, and they can go pretty deep!'[/i] The fire crackles gently behind him as he takes a few more bites of the sweet mixture on his plate and listens to his guest talk about his homeland. In his mind grows a picture of the island, and on it a grand shrine. Almost as if seeing the passage of time it dims and crumbles gradually and he can almost feel his heart drop at the thought of such a thing happening. [i]'He's obviously sad about it. It must have been an important place at some point to the people up river'[/i]

At the man's question Viltez chews his lip a bit. [i]'I haven't traveled far from the village, but I can ell him what I have seen I suppose. Plus the stories, and the maps. . . .'[/i] He takes a moment to gather his thoughts. [i]'He doesn't need to know it all though. I guess I'll go with the important stuff'[/i] Taking a breath he smiles and sips down some tea before he begins. 

“Well, directly around this village I know of only one shrine, but it's really small, and it's more of a traveler shrine to the forest god. It's about half a mile out of town, through the woods to the south, towards the lake. East of here it's all rolling hills until the town a good thirty miles away, but I've heard that there are some farms for sheep and cows between here and there, but they are away from the main road. After that is the ocean, but that's a way away.” He stops to think for a moment, chewing on another mouthful of his quickly chilling dinner. “To the north and west are the mountain, but to the north there's the Havardo cave. A lot of young couples go there. . .” A faint blush touches his cheeks and with a cough he quickly moves on. “And, um, west, yes, there is a thick forest between us and the mountains, but along the way there is an old stone structure no one really knows the use of. OH!” He snaps his fingers remembering one last detail. “Also to the west is the tallest tree in these parts.”

He chuckles slightly. “Apparently a lot of people have carved their names into it over the years and now it's practically a test of love to climb up and find a place to carve you and your sweetheart's name, heh.” Bringing his fingers up he slowly cleans them off of the last remnants of the drizzle and stands. “That's all I can think of for now.” Turning his back he goes tot he sink and pumps a little water over his sticky dish. “I mean I haven't seen most of this myself. I don't leave the village much. . . .”His last comment is quite, but loud enough for his guest to hear.