The Tangle VIII

The other wolf paused all motion. For a time it was Kigipigak and he, staring, being watchful and cautious of one another.

Kigipigak would not be the first to break the stare; but he let his posture rise slightly as a small challenge, to test what this man was capable - what their intentions might be.

Also, to show his superiority. They were not near the glacier or the river that flowed in the underhenge, but they were somewhere familiar to Kigipigak. He had to make certain this wolf was no threat.

When, or rather if the stranger's display satisfied the hunter, he would finally move along and seek the temporary refuge of the tangle, where he hoped to hunt.