Whitewater Gorge tulaktuk ‡

a moment of reverent silence, and then kigipigak had come closer, taken the measure of her with another flare of his nostrils. kukutux was not perturbed this time; she was shyly pleased that the man sought to commit her to memory.

and that he accepted her invitation. "tavvauvutit, kigipigak." greensward eyes were warm; kukutux would watch until his proud pale form faded from view and then she too would travel away, back toward moonspear empty-pawed but with her heart lighter than it had been since the demise of the trader.