Whitebark Stream the last of her tribe

at first he did not realize that what he was hearing when her mouth opened was lanzadoii. but swiftly he caught up with his own ears, and grinned broadly. "follow them no more, caribou hunter! you have found the saatsine!"

when had he felt so exuberant? a woman stood before him, strong and made more after a hunter. but these details were not so pressing. "who was your band? what is the name of your mother?" he asked in rapid delight, circling in semi-step; it was good to speak the glacier-tongue and be understood.

"i am kusax̱asaa," he offered when a lull had come, single eye watchful. "sun eater." an abbreviated, shorter meaning than the one his full name offered.