Duskfire Glacier Sunnguvuk

issorartuyok. heda again did not have the daring to say that aloud. she would practice it and practice it before she tried. the tense feeling in the air had dissipated. the guardian did not offer her punishment but a lesson. heda tilted her head to one side, revealing the silver around her softgold eyes. "yes."
the gangly child stood, stumbled the first step, pinned her ears back, and set off again.
"here. i remember the —" way that the earth had felt beneath her pawpads, how she had clutched it for a moment of wonder before passing on. "here."