Duskfire Glacier Ommak

Veteran nodded, shifting his gaze back to the northern Taiga. What Issorartuyok had explained felt true to him. The man spoke about Veteran's future strength with certainty, and Veteran wondered if he still meant to have a hand in that. 

"Did you mean what you said before, about training me? Will you be my mentor?" Veteran wanted more than anything to be trained by a true warrior, but a tiny piece of his heart did squeeze as he realized that he might have to give up his training sessions with Coach Meekah. ..Maybe there was something else she could teach him? 

Veteran understood the part about having faith in his fangs. He was pretty good at that already. The faith in the spirit inside of him was the confusing part. "What's the spirit inside of me?" he asked, lowering his voice a bit conspiratorially. He knew his mother disapproved of all the spiritual and religious stuff, but he was pretty sure she wouldn't outright object to Veteran and Issorartuyok having a teeny-tiny, innocent little conversation on the subject.