Moonsong Glacier complicating

chakliux maintained that distance.
his gait was a rangy bounce. he kept the faraway figure in his sight, neither narrowing nor widening the space which separated them. this, his own challenge, something to hone his mind.
had she pressed something into the ground? he could not remember. 
the air grew cooler. he thought of ariadne and his jaw tightened in pain.