Blacktail Deer Plateau now that the evening is slowing

calm, she whispered, stay on.. off clear ice. the only ice safe to walk atop was that which had become opaque. ying knew this from experience prior and from the more recent ordeal. she could see how worried the girl was, so she decided to take the lead. 

another flicker of light caught her attention. ying wandered as far from shore as possible — only a few steps — and began to crawl. on her belly, she shimmied to the edge of a small hole and waited for a fish to appear.