[cen had discovered aivar's scent mingled with that of nutuyikruk and it had sat upon him like oil over water: uncomfortably. it was what he had ordered, and the chieftain was pleased to see that the moongirl had heeded. their closeness eclipsed his unsaid desire, the tremble of knowing that hovered in cen, and he turned away from the thread of their tracks. dawnlight had not yet come, and the land stood pale and washed out beneath a spill of creamy starlight. snow fell soft over the dark spots which marked clusters of caribou, and the lanzadoii man exhaled some emotion into the halflit anticipation of another day.]

cen had discovered aivar's scent mingled with that of nutuyikruk and it had sat upon him like oil over water: uncomfortably. it was what he had ordered, and the chieftain was pleased to see that the moongirl had heeded.
their closeness eclipsed his unsaid desire, the tremble of knowing that hovered in cen, and he turned away from the thread of their tracks. dawnlight had not yet come, and the land stood pale and washed out beneath a spill of creamy starlight.
snow fell soft over the dark spots which marked clusters of caribou, and the lanzadoii man exhaled some emotion into the halflit anticipation of another day.