Duskfire Glacier iqaluksiuq

he said i could stay. if i hunt. she elucidated only so much, as she had not learned the man's name. the two of them carried the same man's scent by now (thanks in no small part to her rolling); a primal part of sulukinak was bothered by this shared thing between them.
the heron she had seen reflected earlier, no longer soaring, swept to the side of the lake and settled there to watch for frogs.
sulukinak wondered many things. he is yours? the man.
or maybe it went the other way: the man collected women. what limited evidence the shadow had gathered did support the idea; so did her own biases, presuming he was like any stray beast from the icefields. maybe he waited to see who among the women could hunt the best?