Duskfire Glacier Tungortok

A familiar timbre gently tugged her out of her own head. Meerkat paused in her step, head swinging around until her eyes sought his familiar face coming toward her. Every thought about her upcoming visit home fell out of her head as Issorartuyok closed the distance, her heart suddenly beating a little harder in her chest.

"Hey... Tatkret," she found herself saying without thinking, a teasing glimmer in her brown eyes. Something else flickered there too as she felt a small jolt of jealousy. She couldn't help but wonder about the connection between him and Lane, though Meerkat knew it wasn't really any of her business.

Abruptly, she pulled her eyes away from his face and scanned the misty lake again. She collected her wits a bit—suppressing the little green monster chewing at the lining of her stomach—and then brought her attention back to Issorartuyok to add, "What're you up to today?"