Ocean's Breath Plateau ivory heart

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chakliux had eventually lain down in the sleeping place of @Raiyuk and @Matteo, easing himself into slumber with little thought beyond amusement of any antics that might take place while his eyes were closed.
the next morning the seal hunter awoke before dawn, woke the boys, and led them out to gather the oil-rich fish, pogy. each fish was no longer than the length of a paw, and so many would have to be gathered and carried back in a skin.
he showed them how to forage for the small mollusks, chitons, and how to locate the ugyuun plant. the roots could be dug for eating or medicine, the stalks themselves peeled for another meal. 
after that, the man took them hunting for murres and their eggs. this was the sort of easy, safer work that seal hunter women often did while their men took to the sea for larger game. and while they healed, these tasks would not be so hard upon a body. with nine weeks of child-carrying ahead, along with the months it took to wean the pups, chakliux explained that it was important for men to know these things also. eventually storms would come, so vicious that no hunter should be out upon the ice. they would rely then upon stores of food collected in the lodge-caches.
they returned with a bounty for breakfast.