Qeya River well, I know what you want from me

iron tint to their shared air. she moved fearless as a muradoii, and he suspected her of it almost. caribou chin struck the earth and he was upon its downed neck immediately, bending vertebrae down into the snow with heavy paws.

teeth notched to skullbase. bone broke with sawing intent, and blood flowed to puddle around spasming limbs.

he filled his lungs with breath and his mind with a prayer of thanks that the caribou spirits had given saatsine another kill.

caught in the pulsation of several crimson jets, sun eater licked blood from the corner of his mouth. "what is name?" a command of the woman, though his eye said interest was its counterpart.