Big Salmon Lake hoax

@Ridgeback

the journey had been long, but evidence did not show upon muscled, practiced body. for her mission had no urgency and she was ever-patient in her chase for the ronin.
there, the lake emerged from the treeline, silver and still beneath a waning sky. the air here was colder. clean. and a suitable spot to make camp for the night.
the woman settles by the shore, kneeling before the water. she drinks.