Duskfire Glacier prospero

The boy came out of nowhere. His scent was not as strong as some that Tulimaq had found, but if he breathed deeply he could find it.

He came running up alongside the territory's invisible edge with a question upon his lips, to which there was no answer. The fact this boy had to ask such a stupid thing gave Tulimaq more knowledge about the people here than one might think.

The boy was stupid. He was thin, too. His coat hung a touch ragged across his body. The warrior knew of the illness in the herd and thought quickly of how best to utilize what he had discovered.

He took a bolt step over the border and then another, as if he owned the place, and otherwise ignored the child.