Stone Circle And I wonder

Ikiaq had not been, and would never be, good with change. He'd only been sleeping when their mother walked away, not eating, but was stirred further from his slumber when another body replaced her own. 

Excuse me?

This was weird, he firmly decided, and he did not approve. A few quick, noisy breaths came from his nose when the big shape pushed him toward her belly and he let out a sharp scream, face wrinkled up in displeasure. Where was his food bringer? Had they been abandoned to this new shape? Once again, his mother did not understand the protocol Iki had set up for himself, and his tenseness and trembling showed for it.