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a proud smile followed. "and i have more to teach you. it will be only you and i on the ice. your anânanguak cannot come with us."
privately chakliux considered waiting to see if a snowbound spring worked upon the nature of his wife. a man who faced a long hunt might indulge in those pleasantries beforehand, ensuring that new life was left behind even if the hunter did not return.
he considered raiyuk. "when new sisters and brothers come to our lodge, they will look to you for hunting. for knowing. you will be a man when they are born. be a teacher to them."
earning the man's scars opened many things for a boy. he was no longer obligated to live beneath the roof of mother and father. he could build his own home, though most new seal hunter men instead left their village to wander. the lodge would be built when they were ready to marry and fill it with children, perhaps one to three years later.