Qeya River envy

there is soft reassurance given that soothes the worst of kivaluk's worries about potentially crossing a boundry line he had not intended to cross. it is easy, sometimes, to forget that he is old enough that, that sort of behavior wasn't acceptable ( if it ever had been ). he was hoping by showing accountability and making an effort to be more open minded that he may be able to prove to the adults of natigvik ( mostly sakhmet ) that he was grown up.

kivaluk stops at lestan's side when the older male stops, studying the small hoof tracks in the short, trampled grasses. he draws in the scent too; trying to deduce how fresh the soft indents made in the dirt were. but he studies around them, too, looking for larger hoof tracks but spotting none. that one of the young ones might've gotten seperated? he surveys, looking up at lestan then for confirmation.