"Alaska? " At this the cat perks up with the curiosity of her kind and more than that, knowledge in her eyes "North and North and West and West and North and West again. Listen to me, and listen well, that land is far from tame, which is a good but dangerous thing. There are more Winter Lynxes, this is true. But there is also Smilodon. He is the grandfather the sabertooths long lost, the Dream of the savage before time of mammoths and mastodon. Should you meet him, tell him you have done good service to his descendants. And that while we have lost our large sabres, we still have his savage pride. It may cause him to pause from killing you"