The Sunspire the gilded age has long been done

So, Cuan had left the mountainside at some point. Mordecai wasn't sure whether or not the revelation of this information was a good thing or a bad thing, but it remained a note of interest. Perhaps that was common of scouts, he reasoned inwardly. Even himself, having reclaimed the old task, was apt to wander. It had been a much different story at the head of the Spine, as Mordecai had wandered less and less.

"We fared very well," he answered, though it was truly double-sided. He himself had fared very well through the winter, outside of the Spine and Plateau. But as it were, the Plateau had bolstered and keep itself going through the winter as well. They were well enough off that there were puppies, but Mordecai did not touch upon that. It wasn't his place to share such sensitive information. "But at least winter appears to be on its way out now. Or so I hope," he added with a chuckle.