Moonsong Glacier tigiganniak

It would be unfair to you, he shot back, parrying the snap at his face with one of his own, and then a shove of the shoulder. You would turn away from women utterly!

Of course this was untrue; Kilgitsuk was not interested in such a thing from a man. He had not been interested in such a thing from a woman since his wife had left, either. But it was the way than men spoke with one-another.

He jostled with the other man and snapped the air, as if to hurry Chakliux along, in the manner of a herding dog with a cow. They drew further from the caves until they were alone together with the ice, and their low voices carried against the wind.