Broken Boulder agnik-miu

mahler grinned with an easiness that had not come to him in a long while. perhaps it was the presence of another man; perhaps it was the direct way kigipigak bore himself. "you must catch up to five first. then i vill see what to expect of you. and i am not vorried. a man prolific enough to hold a kingdom should be the vone to rule it."
he saw the yawn; it threatened to provoke his own, and a soft laugh escaped him. "i leave you to sleep then. rest vell," he told the polar man, retreating to the outcropping of stone that had no den, only height that he might see the comings and goings of rivenwood.
and, once sprawled upon this plinth, the leader let himself relax though he did not yet sleep.