Astonishing work from  fox4friends, who both painted and animated it! They are still running *many* more YCHs on their page just like this one, so give them a look if you've the time.

By the way, Val is DEFINITELY listening to C418 - Sweden (Caution & Crisis Remix).

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Replacing the weight of his friends' lives with the weight of a backpack on Valkiro's shoulders was an option he readily jumped on at every given opportunity. To be away from any kind of command structure - and, more importantly, to not be a part of it - was more than he could have asked for, even if he was still following orders. What made it all the more pleasing was an interesting musical device he had discovered stowed away in a human captain's personal quarters, as it held many beautiful songs which could be played whenever the Fennsky pleased. The voices he heard from it were angelic, and the tunes delightful. Perhaps Daven had been right about humans after all...

Now that base had been established in the ruins of a fallen Kryixx town and a perimeter had been secured, running food and supplies to each of the various guard towers on the outskirts of camp was what Valkiro felt he could do for the rest of his life if given the chance.