The big tiger chuckles a bit and nods, glad to see her eagerness in all this and takes a few steps foward and then lays himself down alongside Tamara, her head just behind his shoulder so that if she so wished she could partake in the tiger's thick warm coat. The tiger's about to respond to her first comment when she asks her question, his furry ear flicking gently before he responds with his deep rumbling tone.<br/><br/>"Life exists here as it does everywhere... it's just a lot less obvious. Most everything is either foraging for food, or hiding from the cold, the thin line between alive and frozen here being too thin to allow much other then that. During the winter though we have the woods to ourselves more or less, the bears are hibernating and the wolves pose no threat... this is when my kind thrive."