What the hell was he doing here? This place was treacherous at best, a vast expanse of glaciers and ice for what seemed like miles. Kai had decided to avoid the familiar frozen lake as he journeyed on, instead hugging the frigid coastline. Slowly the landscape morphed, though, icy beach slowly fading as sand became ice. Kai, his pace much more cautious than usual, ascended onto tall and uneven columns of glaciers and ice. His paws felt weirdly like they'd been turned to liquid beneath him, giving him little traction on the frigid and slick ground.
Maybe coming here had been a mistake. Maybe. But then again.. maybe not? It was surprisingly hard for the normally optimistic man to find much at all enjoyable here, especially as he almost lost his footing near the edge of a sharp drop-off. He felt his stomach lurch almost to his throat and redirected himself, his legs quivering from the remaining adrenaline as he continued on. Once he found a safe enough runway, and was certain here were no other sharp falls he could take, he increased his pace and then halted suddenly on the icy runway - sending him flying ahead on the slick ice. Sadly, though, he hadn't quite anticipated how he might stop himself. Instead of ceasing his sliding gracefully, he hit a jagged corner of ice on the ground and was sent sprawling forward, head over paws, and he let out a loud yelp of surprise and pain at the sudden flip.
