"Don't borrow tomorrow's trouble for today." Man, Anders really needed a hug, didn't he? "We'll consider our escape when it looks like it'll be necessary.

"And it wasn't the change, it was..."

...Yeah, gonna let this one go. Have to divert the subject away from death and stuff. The present is dour enough without dredging up the past. Nathaniel breaks off the hug and nods toward the frozen river. Or more specifically, to the small island in the middle of the ice, the one with a ruined tower.

"Were you much of an explorer as a boy? Wonder what's over there?"