'Through the trees he says, just go through the line of trees. Ha! Surely we would be wandering for a week or more that way. My shortcut is the only way to...oh my, I beg your pardon!

'You see, my fellows and I were on our way to...well, that is of no consequence. In their haste, they took a road that we should not have been following, and it seems I have lost track of them.

'I quickly dispatched my raven towards the rocky outcropping to the south-west to see if any tracks were left in the snow. So far, she has not returned. I was about to go retrieve her, thinking she got stuck in the trees, but my bear-friend, Linden, is not well and requires my help here. If you are headed in that direction, could you look for her?'