Mount Apikuni dark vine

suliya did not question. red-paint-woman offered one of her own.

how did a lanzadoii child grow to a lanzadoii hunter? "some will die." this lessened demand upon the mother and thus the band, a cruelty which he had seen claim many pups. "ones who have power taste meat before teeth come. stop milk for caribou."

irritation grew in him, not for the inquiry but because he did not know. such things were the purview of lanzadoii women, and he fought the urge to glance toward suliya. he did not need help explaining his ways. 

"is hard to be lanzadoii mother. children must walk soon. walk fast. saatsine feed them. they must find power inside them quick. quick."