As before, Vivian came back to herself with a start, gasping in the frigid air. She scrambled from the window sill, pulling the window shut before huddling on the floor next to Trickster. She shuddered violently from cold, her frozen fingers clenched around an object in her hand. She looked down to see a talisman of sorts, and immediately she looked to the coyote at her side.<br/>"Trickster, you little fiend, when did you get here?"<br/>She shivered once again, her teeth chattering, and held her arms out for him to climb in her lap.<br/>"I need your warmth, dear one, come here."<br/><br/>Her hands trembled as she reached towards the lupine creature and she gave a shaky laugh. "Was he talking about you, Trickster? Hmm? Are you going to guide me to the answers I seek?"