Ocean's Breath Plateau walking smoke

"tullik hunted the cliffs for birds'-eggs and nesting mothers," chakliux said slowly, not comprehending yet that she was gone from him, gone across the world. "kilalurak fished for oysters and gathered lichen from the boulders beside the sea. i taught her to dig ugyuun root."
slowly he sank down before the entrance, trying to remain stoic as pain lanced through his spirit. 
a pair of skin bags hung from a lodgepole. "one is for shellfish. the other is for eggs. puffin will hunt with you."
he shut his eyes. "i do not know what your sunshine ways are, but here seal hunter women and girls have many choices. join the deer chases or fish the sea. nothing is closed to you."