Moonsong Glacier hydrurga

the bear was so high up in the tree there was no hope for her to see it, but it saw her, and it did not want to come down. thankfully it was not one of the giants that lumbered through the trees - this one was a young black bear confused by the season - and while it had its front limbs wrapped around the tree's trunk, its feet were half on a thick branch and half upon some dead thing it had dragged up and away; the body was nearly as big as the bear was, torn to pieces, and staining everything. ulloriaq could see all of this from where she was further back.

her warning carried to sulukinak. while the girl thought of refusing her, she heard the note of warning and drew back from the base of the tree with quick steps, keeping her eyes on the stained bark. it was hard not to obey orders from a woman since that was all she had known for the majority of her life. she fled backwards a few wolf-lengths and strained her attention up, up, up, trying to see what ulloriaq now watched, but she couldn't; and with a huff, sulukinak doubled-back again so that she could align with the woman's haunches.

a small chuff whiffed from sulukinak, questioning.