Phoenix Maplewood You couldn't stand to be near me.

He glanced where she indicated, his eyes widening. How had he not noticed the icy mountain looming over these woods? Atreus stared at it for several seconds, missing her comment about the cold. He only looked back to Tulukiri when she asked if she had a mustache.

Her lips were stained quite a bit, which made him wonder if his were as well. He raised a paw to his mouth, touching his lips. They felt a little tacky, though there was no color when he held out his toes. Putting his foot back on the ground, he realized he hadn’t replied.

Yeah, you do, Atreus informed her before asking, Does your pack live there, on the… glacier? He had never heard that term before, though he assumed it was just a fancy term for “particularly snowy mountain.”