Moonsong Glacier sistermine

North? He supposed so, but not as far north as the rest of his family. Round Valley was in the tundra; the spine separated it from warmer climes.

"North, but not the cold north," he replied. "We must cross the ice bridge in the wintertime to come to these lands, but in the spring time, the grass runs green into the sea."

The panther was charmed by the way Chakliux spoke of his son. It was clear to him even before the seal hunter said so that he was proud to be Raiyuk's father. Dutch could see why — he sounded by all means to be an impressive young man. Very young; not yet a yearling! But that only made him more impressive in Dutch's eyes.

"Perhaps you will introduce us," he said, for once suggesting rather than declaring. With many things, he believed he knew what was best and right. But he had never had children before; he did not know how a man might feel about introducing him to strangers. "I will travel soon to Moontide — when we have settled things outside. Perhaps you and he will teach me to hunt asea."