Big Salmon Lake i said i thought it would be colder

She loosed a pathetic whine at his words, turning towards him and taking a hesitant step in his direction — back out of the deepening lake. It wasn't exactly that her nickname was hard to guess, and once upon a time when she had been firmly mute, her unique coloration had made it easy to wordlessly introduce herself to strangers. But her mind was a fog; of hunger, of desperation. Fox, he said, and that almost brought her out of it... but that name was associated with a lot of pain for the young wolf, and her mind desperately wanted to stay where there was no pain.

"I'm Magpie," she finally managed to say in agreement, feeling like she might break under the weight of it. Because Magpie didn't have many happy memories.