Seaside Moors [m] pine drop

there were many mothers here, bellies rounded, bodies moving slowly. cen pointed out how obvious they were as targets but it would not last.

sulukinak wondered if that was true for everyone. was that why hungry men came for her mother? was that why the temptation of women to the glacier had led to morningsong dwindling?

she moved to get a better view, branching from cen to lope ahead and then she stopped, watching each of the fat bodies until something met her criteria.

when she looked to him again it was to motion at a young cow who might be carrying twins; her belly was so distended that there was a monstrous quality to her which fascinated sulukinak.