A small squeal jolted Karou out of her peaceful sleep. She blinked her nearly sightless eyes open and stretched before climbing to her feet. [b]"Issa, what is it? Are you ok?"[/b] Karou asked worriedly. [u]"Karou, you have to come outside!"[/u] The pup's excited voice drifted to her but it sounded oddly...muffled. The young wolf raised her muzzle and sniffed at the air, a clean and sharp scent filling her senses. She padded to the entrance to their cave and carefully prodded a foot forward. A cold, slightly squishy substance greeted her and she realized why everything sounded muffled: the snow had finally come. 

She could hear Issa running around in front of the cave and she padded out, sitting down as she tipped her head to the sky, felling snowflakes land on her upturned nose.