Sequoia Coast walrus fat

chakliux watched raiyuk ascend and surfaced, blowing water from his nostrils and flicking his ears. the cold was violent; it chilled him, and reminded the man how long he had been from frigid water of this degree.
but he was better suited to helping raiyuk train in it, and when he had assured himself that the boy was all right, he gestured downward.
again.
"the third time, try to keep your eyes open," he said above the thick soundlessness of the sea ice before he went under and waited for raiyuk to join him.
a leopard seal, not so far off, glided beneath the surface, and chakliux watched it with interest.