Witch's Marsh My mirror says I could use a break

for @Skylla! Lemme know if this doesn't work

Fennec had spent the earlier part of the morning in the neighboring territory poking around. She hadn't found a lot beneath the pines with the cold, but she had found a few useful things. She'd stashed them on her way back, but instead of heading straight to the Emberwood, she'd decided to explore to the south.

Even with the winter, this place was tinged with the scent of rot. She had already splashed into a section of water once and now she picked her way carefully, testing the ground and tasting the air.

This was a bog, wasn't it? It was slightly harder to tell when the ground was frozen, but there was a different consistency to the loam. Fennec lowered her head to poke at the edge of a patch of ice, sniffing at the dead plants that bordered it. This place was definitely an unexpected bonus.