Duskfire Glacier iqaluksiuq

laughter crackled through the air. it did not assuage any of sulukinak's feelings, if anything she felt more tense, but she did not run. she wanted the answer and she got it.
oddly, it was as if the woman knew just what she was thinking. maybe it was a female intuition.

you are hunter then. because that was the deal the man had made with her, so it made sense to sulukinak that others would be given the same option.
now sulukinak gave the woman another look-over, seeing more now that she was focused. keshka had a more masculine energy. the scar across her eye brought to mind her uncle cen. a man might call her pretty, or intimidating; maybe the glacier man saw opportunity there.

how many live here? she asks next, drawing her gaze away finally, to watch the heron who dipped now towards the water. the glassy surface is disturbed as it tries to spear something from the depths.