Great Bear Wilderness tuvaaktuk ⧜

While her parents were all for ceremony (and her sister played along gladly), Kausiut had no interest in any of that. Fiercely independent, she refused to do anything she did not want to do. Virtually anything that she was taught, instructed by or commanded to was met with a deep skeptical scowl, a silent "Why?" written across her features and refusal to obey right away. At this point the only way to trick Kausiut into doing something was manipulating her to believe that it had been her idea in the first place.

She sat patiently enough during the speech phase, though her gaze wandered around constantly and she did not hide the fact that she felt bored. The moment they began moving, she did two things - she ripped off the piece of pelt draped around her shoulders and carried it in her jaws as a prized toy. The second - any person, who even attempted to pick her up from the ground was met with hositlity - bared teeth, snarls and growls, snaps even, if they insisted on bidding her mother's command. 

She was going to walk on her own four feet regardless of pain and exhaustion.