Open Around the warm flame

[Meribreen]

Winter 37th, 512AV After arriving, and setting up his tent. The sky slowly changed from a bright blue to a golden orange, and winter's air chilled the boy. His breath was visible, each time he exhaled it made a brief white cloud. He rubbed his hand together, breathing into them to help warm up his hands before rubbing his arms. Meribreen knew that he could keep warm by doing this. He searched around his area for any kind of wood. However, he only found twigs, a few sticks and a branch. He looked at each piece of wood, trying to choose which one has less moisture. He decided to use the twigs as he starting fire and kindling. The boy searched his bag, searching for his flint and steel. He found them and he began to strike the steel with the flint, trying to create embers on the twigs. about six minutes have pasted and Meribreen finally got an adequate amount of embers to start a fire. The boy then reached for his fan that was held on the side of his belt, and opened it, revealing the forest painting on the fan. He fanned the embers, feeding it oxygen to help it grow into a flame. Slowly a small flame appeared, trying to climb out into the open. It took Meribreen fifteenth minutes, but he managed to get a fire started. He continued to fan and feed the fire, while he keeps warm.