"Tch. Wasn't what I was asking, but I can break the frost if you like." By way of demonstration Vika stomps; frozen earth meets metal and sheer mass, and it loses, crumbling into icy chunks. "...There was another mammal here. One of the first I met. When I thought the deer and the birds were hostile entities he talked me down, and I wasn't in a place to receive his kindness."

"He went back to death before I really had the words to tell him what he'd done. Now you've come to his land to continue his work. And now I'm here."