>...We'll need to invest in new winter gear or something of the like as well then.
>We can hold out for her, we'll just sleep extra good tonight as a result of all this.
>Rub our arms to keep the warm and try to be patient. Maybe try to mentally review some of that math we were supposed to be studying for...
>You add a thicker coat to your shopping list. Or, at least, elect to wear pants instead of a skirt, the next time time you go out into the woods with a tiger and a gorilla near the start of winter while physically exhausted.
>You hunker down and settle in to wait, folding your arms and scrunching up in an attempt to retain your warmth, rubbing your arms as well. This would be a lot easier if you weren't beat, as well.
>Five more minutes pass, and still no sign of Kiku. Or anything else, for that matter. Apart from the sound of the wind, the forest is completely quiet, devoid of any sounds of animal life, any sights of the wildlife. The sense of age associated with the Tiger's presence persists, but you seem to have been left to your own devices. So you decide to revisit some of the formulas expected to be on Wriggle-sensei's test.
>Two more minutes pass, and you make out a creature approaching you from the south. In this kind of darkness, it's hard to discern its form, but it seems to be a smaller animal of some kind, perhaps a fox. Or a lynx.
