Qeya River bear tooth

she doesn't have an answer. what does she care about saatsine? she doesn't know this place yet or it's people, only her uncle. she will learn.

the man t'aes, i can listen? or you could ask. why hadn't sun eater simply made his curiosity known? sulukinak watches him.

in the back of her mind sulukinak wonders what saatsine means to him, but she doesn't ask because it seems obvious: the boy.

you think they will hunt for you? caribou maybe, in time. the boy? red leaf? the shadow hoped they were stronger than to give in.