Moonsong Glacier lamenting

The air here is not as thin as Moonspear despite having some altitude, which is a refreshing change to lungs so accustomed to sleeping upon the pine-heavy mountain. With every inhalation Revui feels a sense of peace descend upon him; it will not last for long, the breath expiring and pluming forth to join the clouds clotting overhead.

He is watching his steps and testing a few of the thin white patches of ice beginning to creep across the lake when something moves ahead of him. A flash of blonde reflected in the water's surface - so mirrorlike it was! - and he wonders if Kukutux has followed him here after all; but then Revui sees her, this interloper composed of flowing gold, and he is crestfallen.

On any other day Revui may have charged headlong at them to deny them passage, but in his current state he is lethargic, and merely watches as they meander alongside the newly christened lakeside; his lake, he tells himself.

He follows, sullenly.