Stone Circle While on Patrol

"Faraway North," Birk replied - by now he had said the same lines about his origins so many times that he was tired of elaborating on the subject. Because quite naturally people were curious about the land of ice and no sunlight for half-the-year, about the ice-trolls and white bears, tough wolves with nasty tempers and the ultimate survival of the fittest. And by the tenth time it was not interesting for him to explain again. 

"Hey, look at that!" he pointed out to Howl, spotting suddenly in the distance.