Moonsong Glacier crystophora

sulukinak had climbed the glacier. she had gone beyond the caverns and discovered a way to go even higher, until all that lay before her was ice and snow, and she could look down from the high places to see the rolling fog and taste the shifting air, which told of coming snow, and feel the sun's warmth.

she did not see many others here. she had not found signs of any of the newcomers this far up the glacier, and was glad. although morningsong was small it felt too crowded to her, and so suddenly, and she needed to get away from those she did not know or trust.

the sloping landscape was dangerous to hike, but sulukinak did not think about that. she felt the burn of her muscles as she worked her way along and when she finally came to rest, she had perched herself upon the hillside with a good view of the horizon where the sea had become a black smudge.