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She couldn't imagine being dressed from head to toe in furs—especially if it made her look like a rabbit. The mental imagery she conjured was funny, and she laughed as she thought about it. "Maybe that is a new hunting trick," she marveled, her whiskers twitching, "If we dress up like them, then they will not suspect that we are hunters!" What a lucrative plan! He was so clever! "We will have many furs for years to come."

Ariadne nodded when Fjall asked about other villages. "Yes. There are many that Moonglow knows. There is Sapphique, who lives along the ocean. Sialuk's village sister, Meerkat, lives there." At least she did the last time that she'd talked with her sistraa. A lot had changed in the time she'd been away. "Then there are the villages of Mereo and Paleo. I do not know much about them, but they are ilax̂tal to our village."

Sialuk has been staking out Moonspear to start her village," It had been admirable to watch her sistraa's progress from the sidelines. "I would like to visit and bring gifts to her on our way home," It'd be rude to show up empty-handed!