Ocean's Breath Plateau rosmarus

since @Red Leaf's delivery, cen had not been close. he brought food to his wife. he did not look into her den. if the village women were close, he gratefully left her to them, bringing offerings of fish as well.

he had not built red leaf a birthing shelter. he had not seen his children born to the heavens.

he had failed her also.

to atone, cen pitted himself against the caribou gathered in the bays and the shoreline, harrying them until they ran along the sand. so focused was the hunter that he did not notice the smudge of shadow against the coastal dunes.