Duskfire Glacier pisugnachuk

"...You are welcome within Moonglow. Our camp, our village."

Lane smiled. She knew this already, but it was nice to hear it reiterated in Kigipigak's sonorous timbre. In fact, she had already been to the camp several times to collect her wayward son, who couldn't seem to stay away from hunt taking place in their backyard. Not that Lane would wish him to do so; he was learning far more from the hunters than she ever could have taught him. It would not surprise Lane a bit if, by the conclusion of winter, Veteran's skill had surpassed that of his own mother. 

Kigipigak mentioned a wonder, and then his words trailed off mysteriously. Lane tilted her head. Was he about to reveal the purpose behind this extravagant gift? Did he have some favor to request? Lane wondered if he still thought about leading a pack of his own, and whether the words he was about to utter would relate to this desire. Lane had once told him that she did not feel that the Duskfire lands were meant to be her permanent home. Perhaps he wondered if she still felt this way, now that she was alpha? 

"Would you hunt with me again...?" Out came the rather anticlimactic question.

"Absolutely," Lane agreed quickly. A pointed, questioning look did briefly cross her features before she recovered and hid her confusion behind a smile. She was not the most perceptive woman by any means, but even so, she was quite certain that was not what Kigipigak had meant to ask her. 

"After all, how will we know whether our good fortune continues on, if we don't routinely test it?" she asked, voice upbeat. It eased her mind, knowing that she would see Kigipigak at least once more before Moonglow departed the taiga. It also made her heart beat a little quicker, knowing he also wished to see her. 

Does Kukutux have her paw in this?  The suspicious thought appeared rather suddenly. It would not surprise Lane at all if the sly matchmaker sent Kigipigak to her with her own agenda in mind. Lane had so far turned down all of the matches that Kukutux had directly voiced to her. So it stood to reason that the moonwoman might have switched tactics and set about pulling on her puppet strings, arranging events so that her eligible bachelors crossed Lane's path in a more natural way.