Sorry, but I'm not used to this kind of discussion 'in game' and it's not really my 'modus operandi'  per se.  While I'm always good with discussing any point of a game or story,  requiring collaboration on the steps isn't something that comes naturally or easy and I tend to take a back seat regardless of where my character would be.<br/><br/>My own deductive reasoning leads me to believe that either there is a process as to what happens when the scent is laid -- meaning that either someone was taught how to do this or there are directions imparted by those who figured out the whole 'scent thing', and how best to thaw it would be one of those things covered by their experience.   So either Marlie knows how many acorns caps of water to mix (approximately) or someone else will, and the test consists of how well they interpret and follow those directions -- otherwise I have no suggestions or nothing to contribute along that line.<br/><br/>If I were guessing (and I would be), I would have two suggestions based on my own non-scientific understanding of getting things done in cold weather - either harness body heat to thaw it if the containers are strong enough, or find a flatish rock where the sun's hitting and thaw it there, harnessing the rock's storage/radiation of reflected warmth, or incorporate sand or small pebbles for the same purpose.<br/><br/>I'm afraid I don't feel qualified to even take a stab at trying to construct a post that would convey the combination of Marlie's knowledge and mine to form anything sensible IC at this point.