Stavanger Bay mispronunciation

She broke the silence with a wish.

Inland? He almost didn't recognize the word, and dropped his thoughts in to the snow so that he could focus on her. That part was easy. Kigipigak chuffed softly as she mentioned the water.

It is nice here. It is very cold, though, and I do not know if we could survive. The beach was a lot like the stretches in the north that were made entirely of cold; the ground was ice, with water beneath, and sometimes frozen earth piled so high with snow that you could not tell these places apart.

He thought of Duskfire Glacier.

We should go somewhere far from the sea. Which meant east, presumably, back the way he had come, back to the taiga where the prey was scarce or ill. That would not be good enough for a pack, but perhaps for the two of them together.