It's a good skill to have, but I won't criticize you for not having it. I am grateful you are even going along with this. [He smiles over at Hiro.] Even if it is frozen over, the weather is mild enough that the ice should be easy to break through for the animals. [Sunny days are good for that, even if they are freaking cold.

Thrall leads him off the path eventually. The prey animals won't go near the road, of course. He kneels beside some patchy grass and points to some hoof-tracks in the mud.]

This is what I was talking about.