>Then on to the north it is.
>Bid farewell to Isato, wish him the best, then head off to investigate the case of the dissapearing dairy.
>You bid farewell to Isato, then head northward. You pass by more houses and fields brimming with all manner of crops; among some of them you can see farmers at their work. Eventually the fields begin to thin out and give way to open grassland, stretching across gentle rises and declines far into the distance. Further to the northeast, the land rises up into rugged hills, with forest sweeping out across the west, almost at the edge of sight. There are some smaller fenced off enclosures owned by individual farmers towards Easthaven proper, but much of the area is common grazing land, shared by many who keep smaller herds as an adjunct to their primary livelihood or lack the resources to maintain devoted enclosures of their own.
>You spot several groups of cows spread out among the pasture, some nearer to you, and some far in the distance. There are a couple farmers among them, keeping a rather more attentive watch than the norm. Given recent events, this is hardly surprising. In fact, the pasture seems less occupied than you've traditionally known it to be, although the slope of the terrain conceals much of it from your current vantage. But it wouldn't surprise you if some people were reluctant to put their cattle to pasture with the current disappearances still unexplained.
