Ouroboros Spine All the missing, crooked parts.

chakliux looked toward a returning band of hunters. the scent of blood played beautifully upon the air. it mingled with the crisp astringency of a new herbal mixture. voices carried in laughter.
all that was not present among these familiar sounds were the cries and shouting of children.
"yes. my people live very near to the sea. we build our lodges from ice. and we walk out upon the salt water when it is frozen and hunt the seals."
"it is a good day for a man when he kills a seal!" chakliux exulted. soon they would be in the small bare clearing that marked the beginning of the moonwoman's large densite. he did not want to go, not yet, and looked for her lion's-eyes. "maybe if you stay, you will join me in hunting?"