Ocean's Breath Plateau auntspeak

it was time, he felt, to tighten his claim to moontide. this was done through children born to his lodge, of course, but there were other ways.
it was the name, after all, which carried one's status.
"matteo," the seal hunter said. "i wish to speak to you of your mother and father." chakliux knew that the boy had arrived with a woman, but he did not know her, and also did not think this wolf was mother to the darkfurred youth before him. "walk with me. tell me of them." to those not of his people, this would be seen as an invasive, demanding question. for chakliux, it led to another path, and was a sign of polite interest, to ask after an unknown lineage.