[chakliux had not believed he would pass the woman; his eyes lit with pleasant surprise, and he let out a thunderous whoop which cracked ahead of the storm he and she meant to outrace. but she meant to pursue the second, and he glanced up toward dark clouds with their pregnant bellies of rain. the seal hunter was flagging, saved only by the great stamina amassed from swimming below water for long minutes. more than that, he did not want to affect any idea of his abilities, and so gave a sharp bark. charging into the thunderhead, he kept shoulder to shoulder for a moment with the slender woman, long legs eating the ground where she flew fairylike. a show of agility. a display of wolven power. his pulse pounded and still he swept the ground behind him with shadow as he flew into the cloudburst. oil father raced beside them, and he drew renewed invigoration from the idea that the seal spirits were happy with this illustration.]

chakliux had not believed he would pass the woman; his eyes lit with pleasant surprise, and he let out a thunderous whoop which cracked ahead of the storm he and she meant to outrace. but she meant to pursue the second, and he glanced up toward dark clouds with their pregnant bellies of rain. the seal hunter was flagging, saved only by the great stamina amassed from swimming below water for long minutes.
more than that, he did not want to affect any idea of his abilities, and so gave a sharp bark. charging into the thunderhead, he kept shoulder to shoulder for a moment with the slender woman, long legs eating the ground where she flew fairylike.
a show of agility.
a display of wolven power.
his pulse pounded and still he swept the ground behind him with shadow as he flew into the cloudburst. oil father raced beside them, and he drew renewed invigoration from the idea that the seal spirits were happy with this illustration.