“I can’t say for sure yet. It could be an animal trapped during a flash freeze—maybe something prehistoric. But the structure of its body… it’s not consistent with anything you would see in the forest here.” Henry shivered, partly from the cold and partly from the strange feeling of unease the ice gave him.
“Do you think it’s dangerous?” Sophie glanced at him, her expression serious but intrigued. “It’s hard to imagine something frozen like this still being alive, but… we can’t rule anything out. The ice is preserving it, so it’s possible that if it thaws, we might learn more. But I’ll need help.”