*hours pass, he moans as he comes to and rols over, luckkily not into the fire but on to the cold wooden floors; he gasps at the shock and bolts upright. snow is piled in front of the open door, it appears as if there were a cave in. the reptile is nowhere in site, but neither is spots*
SPOTS!
*he bolts to the pile of snow and begins to dig frantically, pulling the shivering female out of the pile*