Wapun Meadow bloodgrand

Dutch did not like this. He couldn't help feeling that he'd failed the other man. Now they were forced to quit not just by the turn of the weather, he suspected, but because of his own foolish injury. Dissatisfaction shone in his dark features for a moment, but then he accepted defeat.

"It is as you say," he agreed, dropping his uninjured hip onto the ground to relax.

He could not help thinking about how Moontide had not been mentioned. The plan had been to visit visit Chakliux's lodge before returning to his own home — but he was no longer sure that was realistic. Worse: he was no longer sure that this was in the offering. He gazed at the seal hunter with frustration swimming clearly in his burnished gaze.