Ocean's Breath Plateau shell whorl

The prize remained just out of reach, but this did not frustrate the young seal hunter. He reached and tried again, and again, and again, until his father seemed to tire of the game and dropped the scraps of pelt off to the side.

He blinked up at his guardian, who moved to scoop him up into his hold. Sea Hunter squinted his eyes as he was carried into the open, warm Spring sunshine beating down on his face. The outside world remained very much a wonder to him, and he squirmed with a groan; he wanted to be on the ground, exploring.

They arrived at another structure, one similar to that in which they lived, but unfinished. Sea Hunter padded forward to lick at a doorway, curious as always, tasting sap, then reached with pointed milk teeth to chomp at it. Chakliux saved the structure by offering something better to chew on, which was accepted, and he carried it around in pursuit if the builder as he worked.