Duskfire Glacier glacierline

For a while there was nothing, and then - a touch. Brief at first, growing stronger with each warm breath. At first Satori thought she might still be dreaming, but words spoke brought her finally from her stupor.

Unfurling, her heart fluttered to see the northman standing, towering above. "Would you like me to disturb your nap next time?" her voice is laced with humour, though it croaks all the same as a pale paw comes to bat half-heartedly at his encroaching nose.

But she is up now, awake and beginning to crawl from her sleeping place to greet him on three wobbly limbs, pointedly ignoring his look of concern. "How was the meeting?" Satori had become good at pretending everything was okay.