Kildeer Rest tanaaiyak

Kigipigak agreed with her assessment.

These caribou were very sick and they were suffering, so they should be dispatched. It was a point in the conversation that reminded him of Samani and the tale he had told her; this eased some of the glee from him, but soon enough Kigipigak was moving the skin and too distracted to worry.

He saw the strips of fat and gratefully took them upon his tongue. Rather than eat all of them he separated a few and left them in range of Lote, in case she was hungry also.

What should I say? Kigipigak asked. He had not thought about it. He meant only to bring the finished skin to her and be away again, as their time at the glacier might be at an end in those twelve days.