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The next few moments were tense, as the pair made their way slowly back to the solid ground at the shore. Once they were safe, Aesop allowed himself to relax marginally, though the stranger wasn't out of danger yet. "Good job, well done, but don't go thankin' me yet. Let's get you warmed up, then we can have that chat." He decided they were far enough from the water itself that she need not move much more.

A few feet away, the bank rose sharply upward, forming a short, three foot wall of frozen earth. Aesop cleared much of the snow from that spot, then began urging her to move again. "C'mon, got a nice spot picked out for you to warm up. Should get you outta the wind."