Sequoia Coast the seal hunters

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they swam strongly, and down, their lungs readied by long training, their bodies prepared for the swallowing gasp of icewater studded by the very breath of a glacier. it was here that seals resided, in their element; it was here that raiyuk must take his test.
chakliux pushed aside all other images that might come to mind; he would emerge onto the shore stained in blood and wait for his son to be victorious! they would eat the sweet meat and carry it home to moontide, where the moon woman would put the scars upon him —!
a heavy presence in the depths caught the seal hunter's eye; a great seal tested raiyuk, and he kept where he was, treading water while the boy communed with the animal.
and when raiyuk signalled, chakliux would strike; if this was the seal chosen, then the father of the almost-man beneath the waves would wound and fill the churning sea with blood.