Ocean's Breath Plateau aliuktuq

Raiyuk had grown! He was nearly as tall as his father, leonine in his prowl, watchful of those within the village and those that visited. He took pride in his work; his father had taught him well.

He now carried a fat trout with him. It needed cleaning before it could be stored, but Raiyuk did not want to do it. He approached the ulaqs where the women slept, thinking to pawn off the job on one of them, and in the process he passed a gaggle of people he did not know well — visitors who had been here for mourning.

A nod was given as he passed them, but nothing more.