Duskfire Glacier The stars welcome him with open arms

Uki could not have guessed what he was thinking but when he turned an empty smile in her direction, the tundrian eyed him impassively - dropping it only moments after. 

She wanted to bear her fangs in his face. She wanted to tell him not to smile like that, as if nothing was wrong when they both felt awful. She wanted to ask him why he had acted that way - as if she meant something - and then ignore her for weeks. She wanted to ask him if it even bothered him to do that to her, if any of it bothered him at all.

Uki did none of those things. She placed the rocks carefully, situating them in the optimal positions to create a tower of rocks capable of storing food where no thieves could get to it.

"Yes," she answered simply, keeping her eyes low as she pushed half the rocks towards him with a series of nudges. She said nothing else, for there was nothing to say, and returned to her stone work.