Ocean's Breath Plateau grandheart

"it was the shark who marked your grandfather!" the seal hunter elaborated. "he did not need to be marked after this." but for him; "i hunted in the usual way and received my scars from my mother, your grandmother. the shaman k'os."
she had not been warm not maternal; her relationship with waking shark had been tumultuous to the point that it was not certain whether or not chakliux was blood-child to the man. but this did not matter to seal hunters. waking shark had been at his cradle and had taught him to hunt, therefore he was father.