Blacktail Deer Plateau tammaktuk

As Kigipigak gave the boy the description there was no flare of recognition to his face. There was a pleasant wag to his tail and general calm, but in the end there came an answer - no.

The question gave Kigipigak pause. He shook his head and his face took on a bewildered expression.

I don't know where she went. We were together for some time, then I got hurt, and she waited for me. That was a few weeks ago. We had been together from that day, but... I have noticed her absence most recently. It has not been long. But long enough, Kigipigak has decided.

I have looked across our village for her. Next I will go hunt for a trail... By now he was concocting a plan unto himself, almost as if he had forgotten that there was company alongside him. Kigipigak did not really know where to start now that the plateau had been searched.