[For your information, Don does hibernate, he is intending not to this year, and in either case it is too early in the season for him to have put on his winter-weight.]
[He notices the signs of pre-torpor in Xzana, though, and it makes him more determined to not make an enemy of her. He would really like to have someone to share his winter room with...]
[It takes more self-control than he thought he had left not to respond with some broken but still-scathing remark.]
[Action]
[He notices the signs of pre-torpor in Xzana, though, and it makes him more determined to not make an enemy of her. He would really like to have someone to share his winter room with...]
[It takes more self-control than he thought he had left not to respond with some broken but still-scathing remark.]