Stone Circle you win or you die

"That's insane!" he burst, unable to imagine endless days nor the alternative, endless nights. His tail wagged, splashing in the water as he considered such a concept, but had to change his train of thought as Philos mentioned how long it had taken him to arrive. "Yeah, that sounds 'bout how long it took me to come up this way. I'm from pretty far south— but unlike you, it's pretty damn hot where I was born. Hot all day an' night, and then durin' winter it's like somebody flips a switch and everything just freezes..." He drifted, remembering the icy incident that made him leave home, and quickly wanting to change the subject because of it. "D'you know why this pack left the mountain?" he asked, without trying to recall if he had asked this of Valette before or not.