Swiftcurrent Creek tuvaq

kilgitsuk.
lestan by now was too settled and too harried to care so much that kigipigak obscured himself. he had hunted all day with nothing to show for it; now he returned home empty-jawed and morose.
the man sat beside the territory's namesake. lestan joined him, noticing the fish belatedly.
it was odd, somehow, to rest together here. the mayfair did not break the silence with any speaking.