Snowforest Taiga [feast] uluktuk ⋽

kukutux thought of the white fur that kigipigak had given to lane.

did her sister know that two men wished to court her?

the thought pleased the duck. each of them had good things to offer. any choice between them would be a proper one, she felt. "lane is a woman who works. she sees the small parts of something. find something that has beauty and usefulness." 

it was a vague thing. she teased him with a flash of her small white teeth. "at my ulaq i have the bones and the antlers of many caribou. do you know the meaning of pauttuvik?" kukutux asked him. he was a man. they did not use such items, so she would not have surprise if tuluuwaq must be told what it was.