Permafrost Hollows tu akela hi nahi hai

he'd lingered a bit around the bracken woods and their adjacent territories—but only a bit, and with the constant urge to turn his brain off. the places reminded him of his encounters and fallout with alarian, his failed diplomacy with bracken sanctuary.

a source of shame, for which he kept hidden well within the back chambers of his mind.

but this was new ground, and aditya sniffed along the ice-cloaked chambers at the base of the mountain, intrigued. even in the heat of summer, the glaciation persisted. 

much like the north, which wasn't too his liking. he was a warm-weather fellow, after all.

but he could stay here and admire for a short while. his golden eyes peered into one of the larger caves, and he wondered what treasures (or horrors) might be found within.