Ocean's Breath Plateau All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

Her days were filled with her children. Chakliux had departed for Moonglow, leaving her with a soft explanation and promises of healing. Marina had smiled and kissed him then, but secretly she wondered at his way of always finding another reason to leave. He had not told her that a seal hunter's wife was expected to so often be without her husband.

But Tullik remained, and the children's needs grew with each passing day. Today Marina had taken @Chagak for a small outing to the beach while the other children were occupied, showing him the various shells and ocean flora which routinely washed up on the shore. Feeling mischievous, she lifted a length of kelp from the sand and draped it over Chagak's little head while he was busy inspecting a shell. Then a second across his shoulders — and a third across his back. Maybe it was payback, just a little, for all the times he'd bitten her while nursing.