Ocean's Breath Plateau moon spiral

the dragmarks along the path announced their coming. chakliux lay his down and beckoned that sea hunter bring his closer to where a low wall was being built between two slender trees. packed with brush, they would curve the wet bark in places along the thinner branches; as it dried, it would pull together, providing more protection from rain or snow. 
the final construction of a lodge was papering it with birchbark, but chakliux was not yet healed enough to go far enough for as many curls of the thin substance it would take for a lodge.
solemnly he let sea hunter help him until the boy's gathered bark had been used, and the seal hunter signaled they should take a moment to rest.