Duskfire Glacier cry, my dear.. but do not bleed

We have not, he reiterated with a small smile.

The woman was new to him, but that was not saying much. Issorartuyok had been doing his best to make himself known to the wolves of the glacier, to be a sound leader while Wintersbane recovered from his tragic injuries. Try as he might, the northerner had not met all the residents of the village. He knew there would be some that would escape his eye, but he hoped to sniff them out.

I am Issorartuyok, a man of the northern snow. I am one of the acting leaders in this village, he answered her query easily. It was fair that she asked who he was. By revealing that she did not know his position there, he could assume that she had not been a member of their ranks when he and Lane had stepped forward to offer their services. Askari must have been new to their numbers.