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They were joined by two more. The hunt shifted from the running bodies of wolves against caribou to the flanking of Cen, to the pivot of attention towards Cen, to accusations flowing from the Sunman and a rebuttal as the hunting party circled their true target. Raiyuk did not know what to do in this instance; and in his hesitation came the moment of Cen's teeth aimed for him.

Raiyuk thought himself a man for his seal hunt and his scars, but he had never experienced a hunt such as this one for Cen, and never had anyone struck at him so fiercely; and when those teeth caught him he let out a boyish yelp, dropping his weight down and back, to try and pull away, but Cen had him firmly by the side of the neck.

Why had he been so lax? What made him think a man such as this, who came from wild places and did such wild and unjust things to his wife, would accept the confrontation and go willingly? Raiyuk realized in that painful moment he did not know what he had expected, he had not been prepared, and he was not any closer to being a man like he thought. A man would have known to be more cautious, or at the very least he would have known to fight back; but he was afraid, and could do nothing as teeth cut in to him.