Ocean's Breath Plateau But it's the season of the sticks.

since being displaced at his den by the seal woman and the disobedience of his own wife, cen had punished @Red Leaf with a cold, long silence. he hunted for her as was his responsibility, but he did not speak to her. nor did he try any longer to interact with @Ghelan, angered by the flawed existence of the son for which he had waited so long.

and yet he did want to be near his child, helpless by the love that had come to life despite cen's struggle over that leg.

he hunted again, idly; he wanted to go and find sulukinak again, almost because he knew it would anger red leaf. what he found was a boy. a seal child.

the caribou man stalked past the brat, nose wrinkling at the reek of shellfish. the cold eyes glared hatred into the son of his enemy, and cen resisted the urge to knock him down.