Moonsong Glacier crystophora

The glacier was not the spine, and Dutch did not spend much time at the peaks of their mountain. Even so, he had cut his teeth on climbs like this, and so he thought nothing of following Sulukinak's trail up to a high crest.

The panther watched her for a time, his chest tight for reasons he could not explain.

When he approached, it was to sit silently beside her. There was much to see, but his focus was drawn continually to Sulukinak's face.

"You are restless," he said to her. He felt an odd sense of foreboding in these words, but he did not yet allow himself to name the fear in his heart.