Ocean's Breath Plateau that ache in your shoulders

govinda gave an easy shrug, shaking his head slightly. no hold-up. i've only just settled there, he responded, and there the doubt was again, niggling at the back of his mind. will you ever have a home? the concept wavered, mirage-like, in his mind. anyway, though, it's to the west. the coconut grove. hard to miss, he added, grinning.

he nodded sagely at laroche's desire to settle before winter started. he, too, felt that urgency in his bones. already it had snowed some, and this was just the tip of the iceberg. wouldn't be long before they all turned into popsicles. some wolves just liked it more than others.

are you from the south? govinda asked, wondering if he had a sort of kinship with the man. or north? you seem like a southern man, to me.