Redtail Rise So violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.

The caribou were mostly contained by the valley hunters. There were clusters of escapees from their failed attempts to hunt however, and one such target hid itself in the depths of the rise.

The girl's voice earns a huff from Tulimaq, urging her to be silent with the slightest glance; his eyes hawkish. There was no telling if this was a healthy caribou or an ill one.

It appeared as though it had been trying to find food, yet on closer inspection Tulimaq could see the grass remained tall where the snow had been scraped away.

He motioned for the girl to go one way through the corridor of shadow, and stepped off the path himself, to make his way closer. He did not need to go far before he heard a caribou's shrieking voice.

It stood alone beneath an immense hawthorne tree, dragging a heel against the snow. Tulimaq did not give chase immediately — if it was as sick as the others, there would be no need.