Ocean's Breath Plateau aliuktuq

i am not certain, he answered.
his father spoke often of the seal hunt, and of what was to be expected of him, but in the moment raiyuk could not recall if it would be days, or weeks, or from one moon to the next. only that they would be gone together.
the sea continued to crash upon the shore. as it drew away from them it seemed to whisper, and for a moment raiyuk listened, but he did not know what it said - if anything - and seemed lost to his thoughts. he imagined what it might be like to run upon the ice and what his first taste of seal might mean. would he know when the change happened?
he thought also of this story, the selkie. if he returned wearing the hide, would she recognize him or would he be too much changed? he broke his attention away from his fantasies to focus on the girl again, smiling.
maybe i— he began, but then, there came a call from afar by his father; a request that the boy join him for further work. he had been slacking to spend time with this girl and knowing that, he felt his cheeks redden.
i must go. i liked talking with you — he was so shy now! looking away, watching the sea and wishing the salt air would cool the blush he felt rising up his throat and across his cheeks; he hastily says, maybe i will visit moonspear, and — anyway, i must go.
he smiled to her, ducking away, hurriedly. he did not want to disappoint his father!