Being from Eura like his mother, not Amaya like his father, Nuk had experienced cold weather, but nothing like this. He and Shanta were lost, although the older man refused to admit it. It had been a fun day out in Arctica when a snow storm blew in. Shanta had grabbed him and pulled him into a cave. Nuk heard footfalls behind him. He touched Shanta's arm but it was clear that his former master had heard. A woman about Shanta's age came out. 

 "Who are you and what are you doing here?" Her voice was soft and her eyes were kind. 

 "I am Shanta and this is Nuk. I trained him. We are both Greencloaks." She smiled. 

 "Come inside" she said. They followed her through a small crack in the cave wall into a lovely large room with a bed in the corner, a desk at the wall and a beautiful rug on the floor. "I am Cashi. I trained with the Greencloaks but hid here when the Devourer attacked. I'm not one for war." Shanta looked stunned. Nuk noticed that the blanket on the bed was green like his cloak. 

"Cashi, it-it can't be you! I-I thought you were-were well gone!" said Shanta. 

 "Shanta, my old friend, I have missed you dearly." She turned to Nuk. "Shanta and I trained together." 

 "Yes, and our bond as friends is still there, and so is our bond with our spirit animals" said Shanta with a smile. Then with a flash two arctic foxes appeared in the room. 

 "Wait, you both have-" started Nuk but he was cut off by Shanta. 

 "Yes, our spirit animals are the same species. Cashi is from Stetriol. She escaped on a homemade raft, only I know that. She followed my story pretending she was from Nilo"