Ocean's Breath Plateau and he burns through diversions like a meteor

she was happy to roam, and would have followed dutch even if he hadn't asked her to. the girl needed to get away from the claustrophobia of the glacier; she wove a path alongside dutch and helped where she could.

by the time they neared the seaside village her spirits had brightened. sulukinak inspected the various scents in the grass, rolled in a patch of snow which smelled strongly familiar, and rejoined dutch as the village edge came in to view.

whatever exuberance she held as she chased him came to an end quickly, as she assumed her usual prowl and settled alongside him, watching for signs of others. they stopped by the lodge of the seal hunter, although sulukinak remained aloof as two women greeted them; and then dutch called for others, and sulukinak felt the fur of her spine raise.