Great Bear Wilderness umntu ngumtu ngabantu

the words were like gibberish but the compassionate tone was universally understood. ear, anathi repeated, n insek. moments like these made him wish that he'd paid more attention to his mother's lessons.

anathi was desperate to be understood. there would be little viable verbal communication between them and he knew that. the hunter settled down onto his belly and rolled into partial submission on his side. the infiltrated ear continued to swivel and shift while he waited for the stranger's reaction.