Great Bear Wilderness night sun

they ran and ran, and even in his bloody state he spoke the name red leaf! even after mutilation and blood price, he desired his son! were all men so stupid? but it showed to sulukinak a depth of heart that her own mother lacked, and she gravitated to this aspect rather than the mindless parts.

she could not turn back now, regardless.

she could, and did, stop her churning limbs to stand and stare at the back of cen, eyes wide.

they did not speak for you. you can't go back, i can't go back. we go forward now - that is all. forward, or nowhere. although this was framed almost like a choice, sulukinak spoke this fact in her direct way, refusing movement until he could see and accept this truth.

red leaf was no more; the son no longer caribou but moon.

sulukinak stood stiffly and felt an itch in her spine, as short fur began to prickle along it.