Blacktail Deer Plateau willow blossom

"it is for the lodges i will build here," chakliux explained, following the line of her eyes. could she not speak? did she not wish to speak? but he did not ask. "i am a seal hunter, from moontide, on the coast. we are moving here, so i am scouting."
it did not dissuade him to speak aloud with no answer; the seal hunter was used to holding discourse with himself or even singing where he could be heard. such was the good life of his plateaued coast, for now held by pained longing in his heart.
"do you wish to see how one is built?"