Moonspear no time for a summer friend

March 29th
2am
Teething + eyes open!

Much of the newborn's life had been tactile, and dark. He knew only his own impulsivity: hunger, thirst, warmth; but as the hours wore in to days, in to weeks, he learned of another sensation: pain. It came slowly and in waves, as his teeth grew up from the gums.

They hurt! The more they grew the more he fussed, and it was during one of his fits that something new happened: he sucked in a breath and cried sharply enough to fill the ulaq with a storm of unhappiness; his eyes open, glossy in the darkness.

Nothing could satiate the child's need for comfort. He kicked and shouted, bit at the fur of his mother, and fought the shadows as if they were the true offenders of his noble sensibilities.

On this morn, for once, she had found deep slumber. But when shouts of her child woke her with a start, Nasamik's frantic manner kicked in.

Nose pressing gently against the side of Raiyuk, she whined softly, unsure of what made him cause this raucous. 

My child, what is wrong... She hummed, expression drowned with worry.

another cameo! <3

tonight he divided the meat of a kill for himself, @Kannoyak, and @Quennell, venison taken from a larger kill.
they sat outside beneath the stars, the menfolk of the seal hunter lodge.
one day raiyuk would sit with them.
presently chakliux crept back into the shadows, to bring a serving for nasamik and look with fondness at their loud, growing son.

His wailing would not cease!

If anything, it grew in strength the longer he went without the attention of mother or father; and then when Nasamik tried to help him, he was made furious by the attention.

When she was closer he grabbed for her with his little mouth and sank his teeth in to her leg, or her haunch, or whatever was close - they were little needle teeth, barely emerged; but they were sharp, and he held fast.

Raiyuk soothed himself this way - suckling and grinding his teeth, and making little humming sounds all at once.

He did not quiet himself. In fact, he grew more restless.

And when Nasamik felt his teeth find her skin, she couldn't hold back a small yelp, surprised by this new behavior. She didn't know what to make of it, but she had no want to scold the child. 

He would continue without her interference. Nasamik could only watch him, somewhat relieved that his whines had calmed, even if only slightly.

but chakliux would not abide this.
"who!" he shouted, descending from his previously placid place and dragging raiyuk away with a firm paw. "disrespectful," he said to the boy.
he grabbed a piece of hide and dropped it before his son. "not your mother." berrybright eyes moved to nasamik now. "do not allow him to think he can do such things, wife."

It was his father who reacted! Like an avalanche, descended upon him.

He corrected the boy and threw to him a toy, which he held, but he did not understand and did not try. His mouth hurt, and he wanted his mother! Even if it was to pinch at her and gum while his teeth grew, he wanted her, not this cold dead thing.

When his father's attention shifted back to the woman, Raiyuk kicked out his paws and effectively launched the hide away, petulant and crying.