With such an answer, Malin got on the sled car, communicated with the sled dogs and their lead dog using chunks of meat as bait to serve him.
Eventually, Malin sat in the sled car, sipping tea warmed by the semi-enclosed small stove, letting the lead dog lead the team behind the vehicle containing old Jack and Gaiate.
Humans, after all, need to enjoy life a little.
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When moving across the snowfield, where there is no point of reference, Salis had very little visibility in the blizzard and returned to its spot by Malin's feet after a while, shook off the snow from its body, then burrowed into its nest with Bippo, snuggling together on a cushion lined with soft leather jackets, enjoying the warmth of the stove.
Meanwhile, Malin looked at the giant ruins of the city in the distance, which should be Tumelira; in Malin's time it wasn't any major city, but by the time of the Great Destruction, it had grown sufficiently large.
