He'd seen the signs. Don't try to remove the wings. Beware the barrier. He was determined to just find his way home, but he already knew that they couldn't just walk back.

"... yeah." He couldn't deny the distance. It was too warm for that. But that thought made him chillier than any blizzard back home. "But we're from the South Pole. So at least it's easy to know what direction to head, right?"