Redsand Canyon then I heard your heart beating

Nanuq came quietly into the world, with only a little cry to announce himself.

He fed for a short while, blanketed in the comforting smells of mother and herbs and the strangely familiar tang of afterbirth. The allure of these was stronger than milk, lulling the lazy firstborn to sleep in no time at all; by the time his twin arrived and began to suckle next to him, he was already conked out.