Moonsong Glacier sunsister

the seal-cow came, raiyuk behind her! "into the water, now, watch," chakliux exhorted, the freshwater bubbling around his shoulders, and then he dove.
it was far warmer here than it would be in the ocean; the water did not burn his eyes. he gestured toward the seal, how agile she became, how she arced now toward them with bared teeth — he lunged beneath the surface to snap, to buffet her aside.