Sawtooth Spire don't squander it

Nanuk did as she was asked and immediately connected the dots. He didn't need words to know she'd discovered the same thing he had. He saw it in her reaction and she took the mental leap forward to suggest the very thing he was after. He wanted to figure out what was warming these waters. "Exactly." That was the goal of this sunrise adventure.

He watched as she tested the waters, walking into them and sampling their warmth. He'd been there, done that and didn't particularly want to go through the effort of having to dry off with the air still cool as the sun tried to rise. If they found the source? Maybe he'd reconsider. Until then, he was content to stay as dry as he could while following the river upstream.

She began to move and he settled in next to her. There was a reason why they were aokkatti. Their silence and togetherness felt natural without becoming weird. Of course, now that they had a set goal in mind all they had left to do was accomplish it. They pressed forward, following the stream as the atmosphere seemed to warm the mists more and more as they continued. Or perhaps that was just his imagination and wishful thinking as to what they might discover.