Silver Moraine v manik

Stjornuati smartly chose the more common northern language when the white male showed no understanding. Val hadn't expected anything. Of the siblings, she had the greatest command of the common tongue, but this had come at the sacrifice of Inupiaq. She could still speak it, her vocabulary was just weak.
Idly, Valmúa licked her teeth. Her hackles raised, but it did little other than display her thinness. She hadn't yet gained the weight back from traveling alone. It was her brothers that had always been the powerhouses. Right now she was more show than she ever had been. Her tail raised slightly, uncomfortable, despite neutral ground.