"That is the plan. Watchtowers are going up, stores of food being filled before the winter begins in earnest. Fishing shouldn't change much but hunting in the woods and any crops we've left to tend will become thin until spring. Provided the winter is not overlong, we should be able to last." Key word being should but- he is a recent arrival and this is not a climate he is entirely accustomed to.

Hence the constant huddling by the fire.

"There is a lot of heavy lifting to do as well, at least in the southern village. It is where most of us live."