Blacktail Deer Plateau With the lights down low

Grayday smirked at Catori's reponse. It was something of a relief to be with someone who he didn't have to constantly reassure of his affections - or of his level of attraction to her! He didn't think he could ever be mopey knowing Catori was his. His eye might be gone, but as far as the leader was concerned, life had never been more to his liking.

"I won't waste my time guessing," Grayday huffed, remembering last winter's aching cold. "We're better off than we were last year, but the best thing to do is still gain weight now and hope we don't need it later." He wasn't great at predicting the weather, anyway, and prey was always abundant until - quite suddenly - it wasn't. He'd leave things like that to his Spiritwalker, who was clearly better suited to the challenge. "I think that might be best. This is her first winter as an adult - " Which meant he should probably have a talk with her before winter really got underway. " - and she'll appreciate the help more than she lets on."

He thought about the last winter, and all the things that could've been done differently. "Can you keep an eye on the caches? I want to make sure we're not wasting anything, but that we keep stocked at the same time. I don't want to leave it all up to Dawn, you know? She's going to have a lot on her plate this winter, anyway."