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Hearing the anneriwok speaking candidly, but with certainty, did not ease the feeling of rage within Tulimaq that had flared to life following the loss of Kanuk. Hearing their young voice speak that name made him bristle all the more.

What are we doing here? She had gone on to ask. Tulimaq wanted to dismiss her back to the north. Knowing now that the savaktuk was splintered without him there was frustrating in its own right - but he did not feel guilty for the state of the hunting party.

There were others present among them who could manage things. One less, now. Tulimaq could not help reminding himself, and grit his teeth.

You are? Commands the sharp voice of Avicus, as she appears. Rust-red draws Tulimaq's eye and he shakes his own coat out to release the tension of his emotions. As his coat settles in to haphazard peaks after-the-fact, he answers:

This is Mauruk. She is Anneriwok, one who is yet to prove herself among my people. Kanuk was one of her teachers. His own voice is heavy as he speaks her name, rumbling softly like metal against stone.

She hunts with my savaktuk - and she will hunt for us, now, here. Tulimaq turns his eye to Mauruk as he says this, as she is beholden to obey.