Crom held his belly and laughed at his men as they jumped away from the princess. It was of course was merely a clever way to make his men feel that he was in still charge.... this way they could feel like he had everything still under control! He was allowing her back her weapons, he was allowing her scare them! Yes he was still in charge and he was just letting her have whatever she wanted....<br/><br/>"Oh don't be to harsh now lass, they be ugly, but they be even uglier mess if ya make them cry!" he chuckled, yes he was in charge and everything was fine!  he just had a crazy woman in the camp! All he had to do was let her feel like she was getting what she wanted and everything would work out!<br/><br/>"You heard her! Cook the rabbits! and find that... creature something to put on! Thats royal property now! And sent up a tent for the lady so she can have some space!" he shouted, adding the next bit on his own, just to show that he was still giving out the orders.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"When the first one yelps out tonight for trying to crawl into my bedroll and looses his bits, I don't want you to get too angered. I am sure he will make a great woman for the rest of your crew." She told him<br/></span></span><br/><br/>Crom grimaced, but his crew did deserve fair waring, , "Listen up you ugly sons of goats! The Princess be offering to neuter the lot of you for free! Anybody who wants to their bits to be surgically castrated and or removed with a rusted blade just line up in front the princess's tent!"  he shouted so that entire camp could hear him. The big hairy chieftain and glanced over at the princess and grinned, "Shouldn't be a problem," he assured her.<br/><br/>-   -<br/><br/>After a good thirty minutes of fighting cursing, the hunters finally gave up trying to force Winter put to on clothes! Every time they had succeeded, the young male tore them off and scurried back into the corner of the cage.  Fortunately now they had left him alone and were busy putting up a large white tent right next to his cage.<br/><br/>Winter now sat huddled hiding beneath an itchy horse blanket watching the men run about with terrified pitch black eyes.<br/>The big hairy man seemed to be the loudest one of the group, but he did notice that everybody  jumped when the beautiful red headed woman said something... this peeked his curiosity as he was unfamiliar with human customs. However when Aladia turned to look at him, Winter quickly pulled the blanket over his head and tried to hide from her.<br/><br/>When he peaked up from beneath the itchy green horse blanket, he froze when he saw the dusty tops of Aladia's shoes standing in front of him from behind the iron bars. He whimpered softly and quickly shrank away thinking she was going to hurt him like the other humans had.<br/><br/>However something about the gentle soft tones in her voice eventually enticed him him to peak back out from under the itchy horse blanket. A he snowy white haired head poked outwards part way... his eyes had shifted from stark frightened pitch black orbs to two curious glowing yellow rings.<br/><br/>Winter's bright curious yellow eyes glanced up at her as she spoke. He blinked for a moment then his eyes shifted again! This time they were bright hungry glacial blue eyes that rested on the food that she had in her hands. Seconds he was huddled up against  the cage in front of her staring up at her longingly as she slipped the food between the iron bars. Winter quickly snatched up the meat and the bread.<br/><br/>Winter had never tasted cooked meat or bread before! His face lit up, the sudden warm explosion of hot sweet juicy flavor hitting his taste buds and warming his empty belly was quite the new experience! The young male hummed happily as he chewed  and when he was finished his blue eyes gazed up Aladia. Winter licked at his fingers, his blue eyes drifted back toward the savory smells of venison on the camp fire and then back over to her as she spoke again.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"I am Aladia, what are you called?"</span></span><br/><br/>The young male blinked, giving Aladia a blank look ashen back toward the woman curiously as only a few moments ago she had been in the cage he was in now. He didn't understand the words, but he somehow he had as feeling as to what she was trying to ask but he didn't know to convey them in words.... but he did know other ways.... and so he began projecting images into her head...<br/><br/>Suddenly vivid moving images started flowing the into Aladia's head.<br/><br/>Images of ...... Falling Snow,.... Snow Storms,..... Wind Whipping Across Snow Drifts, ......