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[despitethenora]

What is it now?

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[despitethenora]

...Yeah. I guess we can. It probably won't be any different than outside the base, though.

[nobetawedielike]

I didn't get to see it well when we were leaving, not really.

[ and she was too baby to come out of the server room before that

but she can barely contain her excitement, nudging the door open to come further into the room ]

[despitethenora]

Okay.

[Aloy rolls down the sleeves of her clothes, and stands. Nice thing about Focuses, nothing to put up when it's time to do something else. Coming on over to the door.]

Ready for the cold?

[nobetawedielike]

I've got long sleeves!

[ said with the certainty of someone who has not yet learned how cold 'cold' actually is. ]

[despitethenora]

If there’s snow, it’s freezing, Beta.

[Doot doot, let’s just start heading outside. Sometimes the best way to learn is do.]

[nobetawedielike]

We're not in the mountains. It can't be that bad.

[ sobecks are just stubborn like that, off they go as she stops at the front door to put her shoes on ]

[despitethenora]

[She just puts hands on her hips and waits. What’s taking your shoes off when you come inside?]

Sure. The brisk wind up there.

1/2

[nobetawedielike]

It'll be fine! I've managed it so far.

[ it's called MANNERS aloy

she should probably let Aloy open the door first given how many things have tried to kill them this week, but nope Beta's just throwing that sucker open and-- ]

[nobetawedielike]

[ going absolutely stiff with a sharp inhale, voice a little strangled, but she is not admitting Aloy was right ]

Yeah. Not that bad.

[despitethenora]

[Don't laugh, don't laugh. Slipping past her through the doorframe.]

Maybe you have a point. It's not like the Frozen Wilds.

[nobetawedielike]

[ DIPPING BACK INTO THE HOUSE VERY FAST don't perceive her as she scurries back out with her jacket

this never happened if she doesn't acknowledge it ]

It feels quieter out.

[despitethenora]

[Going to consider the sights, while Beta goes and comes back.]

I think so, too.

It's nice. Like the world takes a slow breath.

[nobetawedielike]

Or someone dropped a giant white blanket on it. I almost don't want to mess it up.

[despitethenora]

Wind can blow it back over, if you do.

[nobetawedielike]

[ she takes a few skip-steps forward, letting her shoes drag through the snow before turning around and crouching down to admire the marks she's left in it

reaching a hand out to feel it-- ]

Oh. It's soft...

[despitethenora]

For now. Conditions can change that.

[nobetawedielike]

[ she's very preoccupied with smacking down hand prints in the snow ]

It must be a nightmare after it's melted and frozen over again.

[despitethenora]

It's certainly not fun to fall on.

...Trying to make some art, there?

[nobetawedielike]

The texture is - fun? It looks so soft, but you add a little pressure and it packs down. And it just stays.

[ sensory experiences ftw ]

[despitethenora]

Didn't Apollo have anything to say about freezing conditions?

[nobetawedielike]

To a point. The water cycle, the cycle of snow formation, atmospheric conditions necessary... It included all of the technical details I would need for any repair or instruction. Anything unnecessary or...risky, was filtered out before the information could be presented to me.

[ her movements falter and she retracts her hands, tucking them against her stomach without lifting her gaze from the snow. ]

I know there's a condition that occurs in the human body when the internal temperature drops too low, and that it's often induced by cold weather. But if I tried to request more information about it, or asked the temperature necessary to induce it... It wasn't pertinent to my function. My tutor would deny the request.

[despitethenora]

Which condition is that?

[nobetawedielike]

I think it was called...hypothermia?

[despitethenora]

But why would you want to know the temperature to induce it? Were you hoping to...?

[nobetawedielike]

I -

[ it's a question she wasn't expecting. ]

I made plans. Or - I tried to. Any way I could think of to keep the Zeniths from having access to what they needed. Before I realized I'd never get far enough for it to matter.

[ before Aloy showed up and changed everything. ]