Permafrost Hollows end of the journey; first of the trials

polaris is basically mom? i love her.

yes, i see your flower.
it's very nice.

thank you. although the compliment was clearly directed at his plant, alsek couldn't help but feel flattered. surely, she'd meant some of that kindness for him, too.. right? well, either way, he was more than willing to take the compliment on the flower's behalf. and, well, he continued, drawing in a large breath, water makes flowers grow. did polaris know that? 

more questions came about his parents. already, some of the details about them had been lost to fleeting memory. alsek still knew the important parts, like their names and basic colors, but everything else was steadily becoming more blurred. he didn't like thinking about that, though, and so pushed it to the back of his mind.

then he remembered that this woman was still here, and that he really ought to give her some answers. mama, well.. uhm, brown. and papa — brow furrowed, he huffed — black. and pele.. has a brown, too. was there anything else he was missing? unfortunately, alsek didn't know them as grezig and kavik to give more information. 

he didn't want to talk about how long they had been sleeping, primarily because he didn't know. immediately after the strange gathering several days prior, alsek had ran over the whitebark border, only stopping after crossing kratos's path. it was pure coincidence, this arrangement.