Ocean's Breath Plateau shell whorl

"there are two among us. and new babies, i think. and more to come! raindrop and sumac will soon have little ones." the seal hunter dragged a scroll of birchbark into place, pinning it with sap and pointed twigs. "then there is our chieftain heph and her man phox. perhaps they too will bring new life. and there is our chieftain rodyn. he has not married again! but i see that he might. he has had many visitors, my son."
chakliux did not feel foolish as he spoke aloud to a boy who could not yet understand him. one day sea hunter would, and then these names would be familiar. he fell back to humming, and butterflies flew beyond the unfinished structure, one lingering beside the half-formed entrance in view of the pup.