Ouroboros Spine It's all business in the left-hand lane

"you will start as hunter, as we all do. then you will choose what you do in moonglow. i am the maker of matches and i know the old ways i have given to my sons and to my daughters and to those in this village who want to know. sun man, he is protector and he knows the travel of many places, great distances."

skeetch was girlish and wild in her eating. but kukutux had no judgement, and offered more fish. she wondered how long the young woman had been away from a pack. 

she listened with a small smile to the words that flowed like a springmelt creek from skeetch. "i have my answer. i had the wish to know what your mind understands. you know deer in all seasons. beneath the sun and the moon. you know where they make their sleeping places and how their children are kept. and you know how they are different from the others on hooves."

moonwoman was proud. "brother deer has good fat around his stomach. it is called kitsautik. it is important to have much fat in the long cold. before the ice and snow have gone away, babies will be born in those darker moons. a hunter makes sure that there is always fat and meat in our caches."