It was not the first time that he had skirted so close to the herdland he had found out was named identically to himself. Somehow, the colder climes and the less sun-scorched earth felt more like home than even with his most beloved mother and father and brothers. It smelled so strongly of mare, however, that he had gone in search of rumors to find out more and had found out more than he had bargained for… so he had gone home. Home to the sands and stones and tumbleweeds on Salem.

Having been obedient to a mother all of his life, it was not as though he somehow believed himself too good to live the life suggested by rumors - but that somehow he wondered if he’d even be welcome in such a place. Could he be of any benefit or use? So he pondered it. Pondered it and pondered it, confusing himself with the concept of being called ‘Trinket’, of only being welcome if he pleased someone well enough. And what pleased a strong mare anyway? His mother was nothing like what stories told of Peak mares. She was not so self-reliant or independent of thought. Was it pleasure only that welcomed a man in such a place?

Too young to be much to look at yet, and barely old enough to grasp the purpose of a man and woman because of well loving parents, he was curious if he was just a fool in thinking he might come here for a future.

Surely a jungle could have used a young man like himself, but he was not in search of that sort of environment.

His head low, his great black figure hardly much of a standout on the backdrop, he approached the border of Vulcan Peak with all the air of a naive young man seeking himself, hungry only for the opportunity to make his way as he was given leave to. "Hello? Is there a mare of the Peak who can hear me?" Tentative, but his voice is not unpleasant. Deep, but certainly promising to grow deeper with age. Soft, but plenty of promise waiting in the wings.

"Vulcan you are kidding yourself," he mutters under his breath before lifting his voice a little louder, "I don’t mean to intrude, but I would very much enjoy permission to meet with someone of the Peak!"