Captain Spencer. [The name serves as a greeting, familiar and it rolls off the tongue easily.

Or it would if she didn't sound so tired. Being picked up sounds good right now - an extraction from the snow and the cold - but she has no idea where she is and it seems that her progress is slow-going.]

If they'd seen fit to leave me with a compass, I might be able to tell you. As it is, I'm navigating the forests upstream in hopes of finding the village.