Duskfire Glacier Kanimmasik

Lane carried herself with none of her usual lightness or humor. The spring in her step from the night of feasting and festivities was gone, and the scene in the taiga weighed heavily on her heart. 

She made her way to Issorartuyok quickly, knowing that he must have settled on his recommendation for a course of action. Lane still stood firm in her previously-voiced belief that they could not remain here, but she would reply on Issorartuyok's guidance for how to proceed next. 

She approach Issoratuyok with a tight smile and a rather wan wag of her tail.