[He's from the city, but he's been in war. Their supplies usually hadn't run this low, and it had never gotten anywhere near as cold as it gets in Norfinbury - but he'd still learned skills that can be applied to this new, more extreme situation.]
It's not so bad. The delay is the worst part.
[The cold is the worst part.]
Keeping dry too, as well as I can. That's an important thing that people don't think about.
[He's aware of wetness sapping body heat, but also of things like skin infections - every veteran of the Great War has seen at least one terrible case of trench foot.]
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Date: 2016-06-20 04:03 pm (UTC)[He's from the city, but he's been in war. Their supplies usually hadn't run this low, and it had never gotten anywhere near as cold as it gets in Norfinbury - but he'd still learned skills that can be applied to this new, more extreme situation.]
It's not so bad. The delay is the worst part.
[The cold is the worst part.]
Keeping dry too, as well as I can. That's an important thing that people don't think about.
[He's aware of wetness sapping body heat, but also of things like skin infections - every veteran of the Great War has seen at least one terrible case of trench foot.]