[ Sylvain just blinks over at him in confusion for a moment before going back to trying to wade through the deep snow and make a trail for them up the mountainside. ]

Has the Horizon's behavior over the past few days give you much cause to be optimistic about that hope?

[ Because that was not the impression he'd gotten. ]

If it was the size of an island, how did you know it was a beast? Wait, did it know you were there?