Ocean's Breath Plateau gransister

@Raiyuk had become a good hunter, a boy with a confident walk. each day chakliux waded into the surf to test for northern ice, and each day it was not yet cold enough for his son's first seal hunt.
this marked the movement from boy to man. he called a sharp note to summon his son and turned a path over the stoniest pitch of the plateau, hunting for bird eggs. "the snows will come. we will hunt. and you will earn your scars."
agony. triumph. invincibility.
the year between the scarification ceremony and the pursuit of women belonged to the newly made young man. he was encouraged to travel and sent in trade. perhaps he would decide to settle at home with a wife. maybe he would marry a woman of another village and remain with her people. a small number of men married a handful of wives and traveled between them, never staying in one village for a long while. some still never married, trading all their lives and enjoying many sorts of hospitality as welcome guests at each lodge.
first, however, a boy must kill a seal.