Qeya River subsistence

Veteran was delighted when he was given permission to take full ownership of the fish.

"I'm going to share it with my sister," he told Angler. He might also fudge the truth a bit and imply to Wayfarer that he caught it himself, but Angler didn't have to know that. 

Angler didn't want to see Duskfire Glacier? Why not? It was the best pack in the world!

"Oh-kaAay," Veteran said, drawing the word out in a sing-songy way, just the way his mom would when she thought that he was making the wrong choice, but she was going to let him make it anyway. 

"I'm still going to tell my mom about you," he decided, wanting to make sure Lane recognized the man if he did show up at her border. "--Her name is Lane. And.. just so you know, we have SO many of these fishes in our lake right now. Way more than out here..." Veteran grinned, figuring that he was offering something pretty tempting. 

He didn't understand why Angler wouldn't just come with him now, but adults were strange that way. They were always doing things for reasons that made no sense, and if you asked, they would say "you'll understand when you're older." So Veteran had just stopped asking.