precious and fragile things

'I think we were more used to hunting the creatures that ate fish.' The mottled wolf laughed airily for a second. That made sense - the water would have either been polar or frozen over. Falwasi speculated the bizarre creatures the arctic wolves must hunt. If the animals they hunted ate fish, they could be semi-aquatic... obviously there were land creatures like arctic rabbits but she'd heard stories of hefty glacial animals that were semi-aquatic. Sea bears were the only thing she could come up with before Dovev answered her question.

When she heard that Dovev had habited in Teekon Wilds for a year, Falwasi was mildly surprised. She had no idea he had been living there for that extent of time, and she wondered whether he had been a member of the Creek throughout all its misfortunes. The she-wolf decided to ask; there was no harm in knowing, after all. 'How long have you lived amidst the Creek wolves?' she asked politely, pleased their conversation was going well as she wasn't ace at making chit-chat.