(( Hello...? Is anyone there...? ))
Livius looked up into the sun and closed his eyes. It felt particularly radiant down here at this altitude and as he took a deep breath, he realized that the gentle warmth was making the grass heat up. He could practically taste the green in the air. What a wonderful place... It's like an Eden compared to my home. No, wait, this is home now... He craned his neck around to look up at the foothills in their shades of grey and brown, dotted with sparse greenery and patches of never-melting snow, and his heart twinged a bit.
"So...what was your herd like growing up?" His voice seemed to break the peaceful silence around them, but he wanted to get his mind off his homesickness.