Northstar Vale Appangik

her eyes were wide. she did not know this world. her amusement had died in the wake of the imperator's story. but it was not fear that heda felt; it was admiration. she recalled now how she had felt during her spar with kigipigak. how she had felt when the man had bullied her.
the caribou hunt. the blood beneath her teeth.
feral. wild.
was being a soldier like that? it did not seem free.
heda called goodbye when the mereo wolf had turned away and leapt immediately to veteran's side. "what was that?" she chortled, ready to investigate until issorartuyok took them all away.