Re: [Open areas south of the cove]
[ the frozen raptor is silent and still.... as more and more ice forms around it, even without Jace's intervention. ]
[ in fact, there really shouldn't even be that much water in the air to draw from. Cracking and snapping sounds as the raptor's body itself fades into the depths, as the ice rearranges into limbs and massive body, seals sticking like useless paper to the surface...
... before you, a massive four-legged creature of icy armor and spines, towering at twice the height of your tallest--- and those who walked the Canis of old may recognize the form of the djint, which once numbered vast across the barren lands. ]
[ a soft, almost inaudible hiss, dripping with hatred-- and it moves towards the Blanks, slow and ponderous. ]