Blacktail Deer Plateau willow blossom

on a barren bluff, chakliux found fallen blue-birch around which several mosses had grown, rocks beneath covered in lichen. it was too open here for his intentions, but the view afforded a wide sweeping view of the plateau entire.
just below, tucked against the river in a curve of pine, the seal hunter discovered what he was seeking. piles of bark and fallen branches laid upon soft earth, easily turned.
lodges.
they would need six, he estimated, intending that none of moontide be left outside their group of homes.
so swift the year came! soon he would bring a new litter of seal hunters back from the sea to receive their scars.