If that pen comes down once more, Stepan's written in. Every guide froze to death, all seven times. If I die in her place, will the dawn still come… I don't know.

BogdanI'll be the guide.

StepanHey, Bogdan… what are you doing? No, listen, you're not even in the register. How can someone who isn't there be a guide?

All I've ever done is warn people. For the first time, I put my hand up.

RadomirYour name, if you would.

BogdanBogdan.

I've never given that name in the forest. The crow knew it anyway.

RadomirThere is no such name in the register.

BogdanI've heard that one before.

Another drop falls and spreads across the guide's line. The official writes nothing.

RadomirHold out your hand, Bogdan.

A handful of salt. The share Mykola would have taken.

RadomirA hand with no name may still be used.

RadomirAs for a guide, hands are…