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For days the air just wasn’t quite right. There was something amiss, although he could not place exactly what it was—only that is unnerved him for reasons unknown. The uppik’s feathers were often ruffled with unease, as was his pelt, yet she spoke of naught. What was this feeling and why had it chosen to land upon him now? "Kappianattuk,” she would mutter whenever he inquired about the sensation but never would she elaborate. His stomach twisted and turned with uncertainty, troubled by forces that he could neither see nor name.

Up until the earth shook underfoot, the world around him rumbling and breaking the former, eerie silence with its discontentment. The uppik abandoned her usual post upon his shoulders and took off for somewhere safer, urging him to follow—but he could not. He was not the only one there and, as he had learned several weeks ago, it was his responsibility to ensure the safety of the others.

Aningan abandoned the forest and headed towards the grotto, scanning his surroundings as he went for any signs of movement—signs that he discovered in the ocean, whose surface rolled with what he could only describe as a sickness. He skidded to a halt as his legs locked up, every inch of his body urging him to flee in the opposite direction; instincts intended to drive him away from the shoreline and as far inland as he could go. But the young Inuk was not willing to leave his new family behind—he couldn’t. He forced his legs to move towards the coast and kept his eyes from drifting towards the waves, nose towards the ground and working intently on picking up the scents of his pack mates.

And then there was a howl, followed shortly after by a familiar face. Seeing Raleska, he broke into a run to close the distance between himself and her—he noticed Clementine and Reyes shortly thereafter—and greeted the female with a worried once-over. “What happened? What was that?” he asked almost immediately. “Is everyone alright? Are you guys alright?” There were only two with her but, he hoped, maybe she had seen the others, too.