Duskfire Glacier mamatsak ∓

Veteran saw the two strangers approaching the border up the long stretch of moraine, and he did what he'd been trained to do: he turned immediately around and went for an adult. Someday, he would be old enough to meet strangers on the border by himself, but that day was not yet here. 

He ran into his mother first, and he passed along the information excitedly. At first, his mom looked concerned, but then her face lit up in recognition when the stranger's howls filled the air.