Ocean's Breath Plateau Half your life you've been hooked on death

a muscle jumped along his cheek. for a long moment, chakliux felt his shoulders hard and tight. 
and then they curved; he slumped lower.
to do this thing would be to admit nasamik was not going to return.
another breath, ragged, but it was all of his grief that chakliux would show. "then we will do it," grunted the seal hunter.