Ocean's Breath Plateau song of storms

the seal hunter settled, beginning to clean caked sand from his paws. "beside the sea, in the cold. it is best for children to be born in winter," he declared, "it gives them greater power."
his smile was all for tullik; chakliux enjoyed when she asked questions of the seal hunters. "and you? where do your women give birth?"
and what now did her heart wish? another mountain, perhaps, while he longed for the sea.