Raven's Watch illuktuk

A few hours after reuniting with the wolves of the ravenhome, Kigipigak knew he needed to seek out his bond-sister to discuss the many things he had learned.

Valmua's scent led away from the expansive lake they had found together; he diligently tracked her along a rise where the air was particularly thin. The clouds that had chased Kigipigak all the way up the mountain on his return had dissipated, now netting between the lower peaks of the range and spreading like pulled balls of cotton.

Kigipigak slowed his pace as he wove between some dark pine spires, looking out from beneath their ancient shadows at the rising mist, the twisting of the clouds as the wind carried them. He wondered if snow would come soon—if he could make it back to the valley and Simmik before the passes were closed.