Frostfire Ridge iksuktaktuk

Intent to lead the way to safety, Kigipigak gave the order and plunged through the snow. His path was blasted with a gale of white that obliterated his shape for a time; when he turned to suss out where the girl had gone, he could not see her immediately.

When he did finally catch the sound of her voice warping through the storm it was too late — they had chosen different paths. Covered top-down with a fresh layer of powder as she was, the ginger stranger was obscured; not more-so than himself, but enough so that it took time for Kigipigak to spot her and discern a course of action.

It would be difficult to reconnect with her. She had moved south, he had gone east in his haste, and with a curse falling from his lips that the storm drowned out, Kigipigak fought to find his way to her again.