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What is it now?

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[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. ]

[despitethenora]

Well.

We'll get you back inside before you get to that point today, too.

[nobetawedielike]

And it's probably important to learn now too. There's so much to figure out.

[despitethenora]

What are you hoping to figure out next?

[nobetawedielike]

I - was hoping you could help me? There's a lot and...

[ she scoops up some snow, patting it between her hands, idly trying to make it into a square ]

Even basics like getting food or bandaging a wound... I have no idea how to do anything. [ it's said with a measure of frustration. ] I'm useless here.

[despitethenora]

Oh.

[She's moving, like looking at Beta's snow square from a different angle will show her something different.]

We could start with wound care. Or setting up some basic traps. I met some women who hunted something called an elk out there, and they said it was more dangerous than they expected.

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[nobetawedielike]

[nobetawedielike]

[ sorry her face is just Like This now

Aloy's always so busy, she hadn't even been sure it was worth asking ]

Really?

[despitethenora]

They're - safe ways to get your more involved. I'm sure no one would complain with the extra help.

[nobetawedielike]

Okay! And it means we can spend time together.

[despitethenora]

[A moment. The Sobeck Finger Thing.

She’ll come kneel near Beta, and start drawing a triangle in the snow.]

Do you want to do a lot of that?

[nobetawedielike]

I know we need to focus on finding out what's going on and escaping, but... I'd like that? We haven't really had the time.

[despitethenora]

Guess the only way to have the time is to make it.

[That’s sort of like saying she’s going to do it.]

[nobetawedielike]

It doesn't have to be anything big, you know? Even just this is nice.

[despitethenora]

I’m sure you’ll learn fast. I did, when it was something worthwhile.