Absolutely more kisses!

Yesssssss.

A mutually enjoyable reward. 

Seems like the best kind.

Certainly. 

Brigid will have to earn more.

Not a hard task... Which means Ling needs an even greater reward for greater efforts. 

Brigid's not sure what that could be...

There's fun things beyond kissing for more intermediate rewards...

Ling will have to be her guide.

It'll be her pleasure. 

Then they'll both be in a good mood for tomorrow's travel.

One of many good effects. 

Rewards work.

Excellent. 

And: onwards? 

Onwards.

This mountain range is much steeper and forbidding than the previous ones, rocky snow-covered slopes and thin, bitterly cold air biting at exposed flesh.

She takes a moment to make her clothing more resistant to the cold. 

That helps. A little. Until a high, howling wind kicks up.

She can create wind blocks, and she can use alkahestry to directly warm things around her, including the inner layer of her clothes. 

Then she might just survive this passage.

It's a long, brutal day until they finally crest the glacier backing the Lich King's citadel, the dull black spires spearing razor edges up towards the sky.

She rests when she absolutely needs to, but - it's more important to keep going, to get past this stretch. 

She does, however, stop to gather herself when they're able to overlook the citadel, eyes scanning it. 

So hey, remember when they passed by that giant dragon skeleton? Well, here's another dragon skeleton. This one is more reasonably proportioned, crouched on one of the black spires, animated with eerie blue magic sparking off into the air around its joints, and watching the sky for prey. Oh, and there's another one over on the other side. And a third one about halfway around the wall.

Do they seem to have noticed the two women yet?