Ankyra Sound piyugaktuk

I legit squealed and my BF was like "???"

Kigipigak was set to lay there on the frozen floor of the cavern, tail tucked, legs sprawling, to mourn what he thought he'd lost all over again. To imagine returning home to Moonglow and know Kukutux thought less of him. Her words had gone in circles in his head since last they spoke, despite all he had tried to silence them.

And then, echoing in the chambers of the cave, a spritely — Hello?

Up came his head. It was not Kukutux' voice; he thought maybe it could have been Sialuk's, as it was feminine and familiar, but she would not be so far from Moonglow's traveling group — or her mother, come to think of it.

Kigipigak rose from where he was sprawled and shook some of the moodiness out of his damp coat, tendrils of white still crusted with ice. He peered around and sought the stranger's shape; unaware of course, that there were multiple.