Hoshor Plains allotment

The shift of her jaw was not consciously noted, but the panther still felt he could sense her unease and confusion. This was not unusual in the rut, he thought, but something about Sulukinak still raised the hair on the back of his neck. He did not understand her much better than she understood him.

"Perhaps you will know better when there is new life on the glacier," he suggested, likewise pretending she did not make him wary. Even in his wariness, he felt a particular kind of heartache for this girl. "We are among the sunshine people, now. They are different from my people, and I think, even moreso from yours. Do you think it's enough for now to live and learn among them? We don't need to go after bison — but I can teach you to hunt larger creatures."