3. Smart

I smiled at this revelation. I won't have to worry about water now. Food is still a problem, but hunting shouldn't be that difficult. But such thoughts weren't needed right now. I needed to focus on finishing my craft.

With this in mind, I started piercing the bones through the rabbit fur. Honestly it was a lot harder than I expected. With a bit of time and effort, I managed to get all the ribs in place. I held it up and inspected it. It was rough work and there are a lot of improvements I can make. I probably could've shaped the fur and then froze it outside. Then again that would probably be difficult and I've never done it before.

'Well this will do for now. The bones are stick out of the sides, and the fur is a little saggy. I'm not sure how many berries it can carry either.'

I shrugged my shoulders as I set it to the side. I used the stone to sharpen some more of the bones. Soon I had multiple sharp bones. If I had something to tie them together it would be perfect. I didn't though so I would have to use them as they were. They would work fine as weapons. The only real problem was carrying them around. I didn't think about it much as I put them in the bowl thing I made.

'Wait, I don't think I ate the intestines. They should be around here somewhere..... Here it is! I can use it to tie the bones to my waist. I should probably clean it first though. I don't really have anything to clean it with though. I should probably find a river even if I don't need water. I haven't seen any predators, but that doesn't mean they aren't around. Smelling like a decomposed corpse is bad when hunting as well.

I sighed since I had many problems.

'Finding water wouldn't be easy, but not impossible. I can try to find animal tracks, but they disappear quickly in the falling snow. I can rely on the blue dots again. I'll look around by myself first. Getting a lay of the land is just as important. Well, to an extent at least.'

With a plan in mind, I wrapped the sharp bones around my waist with the intestines. I pickup up my bowl and crawled outside. I looked around. Seeing nothing threatening, I completely got out.

' Where should I go first? It doesn't really matter. The way I went before had a few animals. It was west right? I'll head east this time then.'

I looked up at the sky and did some quick calculations. I could tell I had around 4 hours to explore before it started to get dark. Wolves had a tendency to move active at night, so I didn't want to be caught out. Either way I walked out in the snow. Everytime I went it is was always snowing lightly. From prior experience I know I'll be fine for around 6 hours. After that though I'd need to get to someplace warmer.

I didn't think about that though as I looked around. Everything looked, and sounded, the same. The snow crunching under my feet, the trees with light green leaves covered in pure white snow, the dark bark that stood out amongst a sea of white, and the occasional brown fur of elk.

'Now that I think about it, who am I anyway? Ever since I woke up I've been alone. Well, not completely. I have no memories yet I still know quite a bit. Actually, I have no idea what I look like. I should try to find some ice crystals, or something similar.'

Other the small identity crisis I had, I was completely fine. I don't really care about who I am. I just want to live how I want. I'm not exactly struggling to survive nor do I want to be. The conditions I'm in are less than desirable, but it's not that bad.

'Before I managed to catch that rabbit. I think I managed to freeze its legs. I did want it to stop. Perhaps if I will something it happens? Maybe it was my words?'

I looked around and picked up a leaf.

"FREEZE!"

Frost covered the leaf as it soon froze solid. I also felt a little tired. Not physically but mentally. Something I did notice is that some of the blue dots around me surged towards the leaf. So I quickly came to a conclusion.

'The blue dots are cold in nature. My words and intent can control them. However as a cost some of my mental energy is used. Besides my limited mental energy, is the amount of blue dots limited as well?'

As if answering my question I noticed the leaf I was holding releasing small blue particles.

'So it generates more over time? This means it's basically an infinite source. What are the blue dots called anyway. There's no way their called blue dots. '

As I was thinking a about this, a name suddenly came into my head. Winter Sprites. Sprites themselves are elemental beings. Sprites are born naturally, and they tend to have waker wills than most. This is one of the reasons I can control them. However it doesn't exactly seem right to use them because I can.

"You guys are called Winter Sprites right? I know you guys aren't exactly the smartest, but you understand me to an extent. Do you guys even want to be controlled? It makes me feel kind of bad forcing others to do things."

I held out my hand, and some of the winter sprites floated around it. I smiled a bit.

"Then again it doesn't really seem like you guys care. I doubt you guys would be this happy otherwise."

I couldn't understand them, assuming they were even saying anything. However I can feel what they are trying to convey. Perhaps it's some mental thing. Either way I could tell they were warning me about something. I looked to the side and my body stiffened.