Gyrfalcon's Keep a million polaroids

Kindle's head twisted as yet another bird shrieked and dove — but this one wasn't attacking him, and so his attention quickly returned to Hokulani. His tail swung in idle happiness as they exchanged scents; he noted that Hokulani seemed just as alone as he was, just as she noted this about him.

"The boy's runnoft again," he replied, stepping past her to look down at the valley, rather than down at the coast. "He's down there somewhere. Probably visiting our cousin. I heard him yowling the night before."

He looked back over his shoulder at the pale woman.

"What're you up to these days?" he asked her.