Neverwinter Forest ukiallik

Kukutux spoke swiftly to him. Kigipigak nodded, in time with the shuddering of the trees as a brisk wind pulled through them. As she moved along he took to the trail with his head low, shoulders a jutting glacier.

Something moved among the ferns and then stopped; so he did too. Raising his head and peering in to the dark, until a raven called, Ka-kr! Ka-kr!

The slightest movement — a scalloped ear — directed Kigipigak's eye to where something stood waiting where it thought itself hidden and safe. He did not launch forth to chase it immediately, although the instinct was there.

Remembering the feeling of being watched, of being targeted, caused him to freeze.