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Though she liked to keep herself busy, Aqakuktuq needed to rest just like any other wolf, especially in this heat. Plus, the group was traveling at night, so she needed to gather her energy for the cooler hours. She dozed in the shade of a towering tree, loosely curled into a white ball a fair distance from where the children played. Pesi slept on a branch high in the tree that shaded the wolfess, head resting over a shoulder.

A slender ear swiveled in the direction of soft, clumsy foosteps nearing her, and Aqakuktuq surfaced into consciousness, mind in a haze. She drowsily opened her eyes for a moment but soon closed them again, desiring to slip back into dreamland.