Wapun Meadow bloodgrand

He was startled for a moment, but barely a heartbeat had passed before the panther agreed: "We won't be." He could not imagine going back to how things had been before their hunt, when he had only held the secret hope of seeing the seal hunter appear. Now Dutch would go to great lengths to see that they kept up with one another — and this made the thought of parting not so painful as it had seemed a moment before.

He almost told Chakliux to forget the hunt, and to just stay and rest a while. He wanted to, but he sensed that the man would be happier when he'd brought something back to show for it.

And anyway: they would reunite soon.