"Why does that not surprise me?" Nate replied, his tone a mixture of amusement and sarcasm. "We're maybe, mm, ten or fifteen minutes walking to where the people are, but that's not counting snow - and I can't exactly see if there are any obstacles in the way. But we can probably handle those when we come to them." Certainly with Nikolas and Remy both here they had enough firepower to get through anything short of a bunker. And he wouldn't put money on the bunker.

He could feel another bout of coughs threatening to make themselves known, so he switched to back to telepathy. ::I'll take point, I suppose - rest of you won't have to worry about plowing through the snow, anyway.:: He concentrated for a moment, confirming their trajectory, and then started slogging.