01/09/2026
***Episode Four — Tell the Snow It Got Its Due***
Cold bites first.
Then it stays.
Snow packs the boots, steals the feeling from his hands, tries to convince him to lie down and disappear. Pain argues. He keeps moving anyway.
No speeches. No prayers.
Just breath, step, breath, step.
This isn’t winning.
It’s refusing to quit.
The snow takes what it can—skin, strength, time.
It doesn’t get the rest.
He doesn’t beat the cold.
He outlasts it.
Tell the snow it got its due.