Snowforest Taiga we can't get higher than we get on the long way down

@Evanora sorry this is short!

He leaves the border of Whitebark Stream feeling numb, cold the way he had in the weeks before he'd run into @Phillip. It'd been their friendship that had pulled him out of that fog, grounded him and reminded him that he can't always run from his emotions. But Phillip isn't here now. He's alone for the moment — and when he finds @Kratos, he'll have to be strong.
He doesn't feel strong right now, though. He feels broken and very, very alone.