Wapun Meadow I know more than I knew before

He hears the yelp and jumps mid-walk before continuing. The crunch of snow is all that fills his ears for a moment before she speaks, gesturing to the thing at her neck -- a collar. He has no inkling of what that means or entails.

The longer part -- she says it comes off and Gunari cocks his head and looks at it, wondering how. "Well, let me try," he says, quickly moving forward and taking up the thing in his mouth closer to the collar, pulling at it, not bothering to be gentle while he tugs and tugs until finally it comes apart, falling into the snow like a snake.