Stavanger Bay Beyond the Water

a highly valued asset. maybe howl was a scientist of some sort. "we learn to punch holes in the ice, and wait beside them for fish or seals," he explained, looking toward his odd companion. "it's thick enough in the true cold to walk on, and we can hunt there too."
he licked water from his chest, thinking. "of course, it's not nearly as easy to catch things beneath the ice, so i imagine we will go inland next winter. look for deer and caribou and the like." that was the advantage of the earth, velen surmised, something they had not received on the isle.