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Her mother joined her, and Sialuk whined softly with relief at her presence when their voices dwindled. Without Jarilo, without Saviguk, she needed to fill the roles that they had played in their lives. Anaa could not in her present state, and anything less would take their spirits away, too. Hunting she had been taught, but there were other things men did that she had not learned. How was she to keep anaa safe? And herself? If somebody wished to overpower her... what was she to do?

Meerkat came to me. She had been away, and she went to seek survivors on the spear and in the glen. She said she would let us know what she found. There was a man, too. Raimo. I do not know his intentions, but I could not offer him a meal.

It was more than she had spoken since the fall of the mountain, and she stilled after, letting anaa digest the information.