When one goes out on a hunting trip - whether it's alone or with a buddy - they expect to get meat at best, come home with nothing at worst.
Returning home from such a trip and having to save a Life certainly ain't what Nikos Kilcher ever expected in his wildest Dreams. Even less unexpected was everything that saving THAT Life brought into his own over the coming months. Maybe he should learn to expect the unexpected all the Time, starting with his surprises in the Snow.