Ouroboros Spine Driving through the red lights

He came to the ulaq out of breath and panting hard. He had been running; there had been something for him to chase after a successful tracking venture of the lower mountain, but in the end Mojag had not been successful in his hunt, and he was forlorn because of it. He had thought to come home and seek out his mother for advice about his efforts - but when he neared the sleeping place, he saw the figure of his father instead.

Mojag stopped short, mulling over what to do. His father had not yet seen him. He cast his eye to the path he had followed as if he might turn tail, and he knew that would not be right. The boy had spent so long hunting for his father once — and now he was here, and the family was whole again, so why did he dally?

With a deep breath to steady his spirit, he ambled closer. As Mojag drew up to the ulaq he feigned not seeing Inutsuk until the last moment and then spared him a shy glance, but said nothing. What does one say to a father they did not know?