The afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkling down.
The bonfire was still burning, and after everyone had checked their equipment, they took out their own dry rations and gathered around the fire.
They placed their frozen hard cakes by the fire to warm them up a bit before taking a bite.
The cake, frozen solid in this cold weather, was as hard as iron. Biting into it was a challenge, almost chipping their teeth.
