A long time had passed since they had seen the Lindwyrm and left Snowsaint—many months of continuous travel. Two long months spent in isolation from the outside world; the only stop was in a surface-frozen forest because they needed to hunt and resupply their meat stocks.
To spend so long with the same four people would be insanity to most, a maddening setting from which they couldn't escape. They would rightfully think so because there would be no contact with other humans, or human-like figures, for so long, and it would become stale and boring quickly.
It turned out things worked out differently for their little group. They were good with only the same four people to interact with because the alternative was not interacting at all. It led to some fun shenanigans and events between them to quench their boredom.
