It had snowed lightly the night before - the first snow of winter - and Adam was determined to go out and see it. He'd spent far too much time cooped up inside recently and he needed to be outside and alone for a while. It was times like this when he really missed Dog, but it was for his own safety that he'd been left at home.

Bundling up warmly, he thought he'd take a walk around the grounds and see how the animals were handling the snowfall.