Whitebark Stream the door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us

No matter how sure ones footing was, the earth could still give beneath them. The strong survived, the foolish perished, and the weak outright died. Nature was the strongest of them all; it would be moronic to presume dominion over her, for if the current of Natures river was strong, there was no amount of strength that could conquer it. Sangilak was relieved when Sitiyok emereged, and as he came toward her she nipped at an ear after nosing his cheek in turn. He had failed in his fishing, but that did not mean it would happen again. He would be a provider for her and their cubs, now.

Her gaze looked to the world surrounding them. We must keep to the ocean, she intoned, her glacial blue eyes turning back to him. There is nothing for us here, when the green is gone. The ocean offers much. If he did not know, she would teach him.