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"Well, if left long enough, yes," She said. Buried food could go bad, but it wasn't intended to last forever. "In winter, it lasts longer, especially if it is frozen. Dat is when we need, an' use, caches de most." Of course, it was also much harder to chew through, but thankfully, seafood froze quite well and wasn't nearly as tough to chew through as frozen deer or elk. She knew she could never live inland- not when the food was much harder not only to catch, but to store and eat. 

Astera wanted to go the trap, which frustrated Suzu slightly as only a moment ago, they'd been headef toward the tunnel to take them back up toward the den, at Astera's request. "Do you want to go home, or to de trap?" She asked, hoping the kid would realize that they were not at all in the same direction. "De trap is a little ways away- you are sure you are not too tired? Because we still 'ave to get up t'rough de tunnel after," She said. Astera, by this point, was too big to carry. She'd have to learn to gauge her own energy levels, now.