Overture Downs Survival is my middle name

@Steady and other Easthollow members - @Boženaa if you want to :)

With morning came the urge to explore. It had always been a part of him that was not fully explored just yet - with the Monos he had not gotten an out for the war until his mission, and after his days in the dungeons he had been too weak to leave his caretaker's side. But now, he was finally free. No more war and torture - just him and the old witch he had gotten to know. With the freezing cold, he was glad he had found a companion in her, despite her first rather rude way of shooing him away from her cave. What had changed her mind, he had yet to figure out, but he was glad that without words from him everything worked out fine. With his exploration mission, he was bound to find some frozen prey as well which he planned to take back "home" for the witch and him.

He crossed a river, but luckily did not get drenched - his paws were cold nonetheless, but it was snowing less hard than the day he had found the witch. Through the woods and into the open fields did he go - his ghostly coloration making him near invisible in the snow that lay as a blanket on these lands. The clouds were thick and full of more snow for the upcoming days, he knew that for sure while he had never paid great attention to the sky. Winter was only barely beginning, and already he had seen enough of it for now. He wished for spring to come sooner, but knew that a mere ghost like him could not just decide that. The world destroyed to create a new, every year again, and perhaps he should be thankful for it.