Duskfire Glacier bittersüß

set for tomorrow at dawn. @Takiyok but AW. taking some liberties as it seemed others were taken with his fight thread

it was a day's journey from noctisardor to the glacier where the winterwhite woman had said her pack resided. mahler traveled in a grim silence, chewing on the frayed end of a marrowbone as he went. his efforts to claim the bypass had gone unchallenged, but thus far, no one had joined him there. it was of little consequence for now, as he planned still to bank down for the snowy months alone, but the prevailing presence of the weak pack nearby addled him.
the glacier loomed soon above him; dawnlight had seen the kill of a stoat, a lucky snap of teeth. he bore its long body along the ridgeline, holding far back from the borders; dropping the thing coiled at his wide paws, mahler tilted back his crown and requested takiyok's presence once more with a long croon.