When help walked into sight the calf made some kind of excited noise and tried to move again. Unsurprisingly, it remained ensnared.
Keru had brought Sarelle and an adult reindeer, a female which was presumably the calf’s mother and who responded to it with a soothing call. Adley stood so he wouldn’t be in the way of the rescue.
“Oh dear,” said Sarelle, rushing forward. “Poor thing. It’s so good you two found her. The adults know better than to come to this area because it tends to form weaker spots where they can fall through the ice, as you see. I’ll need both of you to help, since you’re less likely to break more ice than I am. One on each side of her, if you would.”
One of Sarelle’s uncanny abilities was remembering every single elf by name, no matter if she’d only met them once or a
