Sleepy Fox Hollow Why don't you just meet me in the middle?

After struggling to get past the coughing Negiliq looked back at her company with teary eyes as she sat down with a tiresome sigh. Suddenly she was being spoken to in her native tongue and Negiliq's face lit up with a warm smile. But of course! she said with a raspy chuckle that came too close to becoming another cough session.

I'm fine, thanks dear. she assured, shaking her head. But she couldn't get past the excitement of having found a fellow Inuit so far south. So you're from the northern regions, I suppose? What might you be doing this far south? she asked as she laid down her chest on the ground comfortably and a smile almost covered her eyes with wrinkles completely. She was determined to have a long and detailed conversation with her new friend.