Qeya River split sky

"sheep killer," sun eater grinned, displaying the teeth which had only recently been embedded in the man's hide. "sheep killer. i like this. i call you that." fast animals with fleet hooves, it was not easy to slay one in their mountain homes.

sheep killer had other talents aside from defense and flight. the caribou man regarded him with a rough nod. "you know caribou?" 

they would be streaming in thousands back over the sunspire and along the shoreline; they would be coming back toward the bracken forests in another month, grazing the valleys until the snows grew too heavy. sun eater could hardly believe the serendipity of this win.

a hunter. tracker. scout — all these things were necessary.