Taking a deep breath and then holding it, Tal walked lightly over the ice-crusted snow to the center of the ring and knelt, pulling the stopper from the bottle. He punched a whole in the crust with a mittened hand and then began to scoop loose snow, reflecting the moon's brilliant light, into the glass container.
Which of course was when the dogs started barking excitedly at the sight of a strange man drifting towards them across the tundra. Tal, growing red in the face, flinched and then hurriedly crammed the last of the snow into the bottle and jammed the stopper into place. He only just managed to make it outside the circle before he couldn't hold out any longer and he had to draw in a deep, wheezing breath as he glared at the interruption. "Who... the fuck... are you...?" He panted, leaning on his knees as he recovered.
Which of course was when the dogs started barking excitedly at the sight of a strange man drifting towards them across the tundra. Tal, growing red in the face, flinched and then hurriedly crammed the last of the snow into the bottle and jammed the stopper into place. He only just managed to make it outside the circle before he couldn't hold out any longer and he had to draw in a deep, wheezing breath as he glared at the interruption. "Who... the fuck... are you...?" He panted, leaning on his knees as he recovered.
