Perhaps it wasn't the most thought through decision she had ever made. It might have something to do with that bump in the head she'd had, or a mild state of shock that caused her to cling to the most reasonable person around. Not that the vague but unmistakable signs of magic was neither reasonable nor comforting, but there was a certain something about the big-winged filly before her that made the small shadow follow quietly behind the healer into unknown territory.

Violet eyes regarded the horse and the monster on its back thoughtfully as she navigated the skies - something that required suspiciously little effort and made her decidedly nervous - and did her best to study the landscape beneath as they passed by. Cirrus appeared to know where they were headed, but Shadow hadn't the slightest idea. Her never ending stream of questions about this strange land had died away along with the forest beneath their dangling hooves, as much due to incredulity towards the answers as to tiredness. A dull ache in the joints reminded her of the long miles she had flown since she'd rested properly last time, and the stiffness and bruising in some muscles spoke all too clearly about the fall she had taken back in the Threshold.

When her word-shy guide finally began to lower herself down from the sky, the inky raven at first didn't know why. She was relieved at the thought of firm ground beneath her hooves for a moment, but the barren plains of snow beneath offered no shelter. Not the best place to rest, as she could have pointed out to Cirrus - if she'd thought that the young mare would listen - but never the less she followed suit and landed with a faint crunch of snow and a sigh of relief. Looking around, she now managed to spot what the native had seen from above; a peculiar cave, carved from ice and burring into the side of a glacier that stretched from there and out as far as the eyes could see.

Shadow trudged forward and aligned herself with the coat-changer, in safe distance from the canine that apparently followed her everywhere and gave Cirrus a curious look. Were they going in? The scents lingering in the air told of unknown horses around, of frost that never thawed and snow that barely melted... Neither the cold nor the barren waste bothered the shade overly much, she was made for these types of landscapes. No, it was this girls previous words that made her hesitate even as the young pegasi began to head towards the opening of the icy maw. That there were many other species of horses besides pegasi in Helovia, wingless and horned and... In her mind they became towering monsters with spikes jutting out of their eye sockets, tiny critters that gnawed at her fetlocks and... An echoing growl filled the air, making Skuggi jump on the spot and nervously tick the ears backwards, offering the wolf-like creature a suspicious glare.

"Hey Cirrus, wait up" she burst out when the images and stress finally became too much, and with a rapid crunching of icy crystals under hard hooves she hurried forward, so quickly that she slipped on a patch of ice and began to careen forward, on a chest to butt collision with the taller young mare that had stopped to scout the entrance to the cave.