Greatwater Lake Spring thaw

Tagging @Wraen for visibility's sake! Spur-of-the-moment decision b/c I know I can't keep up with three toons very well.

He wasn't sure exactly how many days it had been since he had last seen Wraen, but he was beginning to lose hope that she was going to meet up with him here. Perhaps she had spotted him at some point while he was following her, and he had scared her off that way. Whatever the reason, he felt with each passing day that she would not come back to the spot by the lake where they had met. With how cold it had been, the lake had frozen over, and Whisker was presently (and unknowingly) walking on ice.

When he spotted a squirrel a bit further out, he darted toward it, but the ice was still young and weak. It shattered under his weight, and the next thing he knew, his whole body was enveloped in icy cold water, and he was scrambling to get to the surface. Every time he thought he had a grasp on a ledge, it broke off, and he was left struggling to breathe. His temperature dropped with each passing second, and eventually his frantic movements slowed and slowed until he could do no more.

The squirrel had long since gone, and Whisker's body would likely not be found until the spring thaw.