Ocean's Breath Plateau and string together what was broken

bathed in salt and wreathed in seawater, the seal hunter heard the call as he came up from the waves, carrying a large mouthful of the tiny, oil-rich pogy fish. every bite of meat his wives ate now would add to their strength and that of their milk.
he ran to the lodge, left the pogy on a wide leaf, and then shouted out to dutch that he was coming.
morningsong somehow stood in the place of the lodges. to the right, a large oval of uncleared space was the spot he had mentally defined for raiyuk, but to the left was another place. 
"mikiak!" he exclaimed, pulling dutch into a warm, tight embrace. "it is so good you have come."
he moved among the three others, greeting aditya, welcoming sulukinak, smiling at simbelmyne. their new closeness intrigued chakliux, but he said only, "we will eat! you will rest in my lodge. and tomorrow, we will start the building of a new one for you, my friends."
he fell into step with dutch as they came the rest of the way. "five children were born to marina and tullik. three sons. four daughters."