Ouroboros Spine All the missing, crooked parts.

family but not a daughter. chakliux sensed in her lack of reaction to him that she was upon an errand of some intensity. "come. i will take you to her ulaq."
the hunter set off along the path visible beneath the snow, drummed down by many paws by now. it traced along with the sister oaks to the right and the lake to their left. 
as he walked, the brash young wolf could not stop himself from stealing small looks at her. he had seen her first smile unfurl, after all. "i am chakliux. the women of my seal hunter family are cousins-by-marriage to the people of kukutux, who are called the sunshine people."
he wondered if geneaologies were of interest to this poised young ground-caller.