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The time had finally come for Raiyuk to embark on this quest to become a man, and he was eager for it. His hip was healed, his lodge brother and his father were with him. He was ready.

As the last of the preparations were made, the boy was resolute and increasingly serious about every matter. He wanted it all to go perfectly. He wanted to prove himself and to make his father proud and to show he could be strong, a good future brother to those that would arrive in the spring. He thought of the seal hunt and also of Seal, and how she might see his scars and finally witness these strengths and these changes.

He took the pack of supplies and readied more things among them, then walked with his father, and let his tail wave when he heard the man hoot and holler; but he did not show exuberance, only that serious mein.