Duskfire Glacier Take Off to the Great White North

He had her attention, now to explain himself without sounding like an ass. Easier said than done, especially with such a touchy subject.

He got to the point right away. "Basically, I feel like hunting is a man's job," he told her. He didn't go into the details of how he had come to feel this way. He didn't think Scarlett wanted to hear his life story. "And now Kesuk, and everyone else, thinks I'm a jerk."

"I don't think women are lesser than men, but I have given everyone that impression," he went on, though it was probably pointless to try and explain himself now. "I just don't think we're good at the same things."

'Hm, maybe I shouldn't have brought this up on top of a mountain,' he thought as he pictured Scarlett shoving him off.