[something was wrong. cen, who had not spent overmuch time with any child, and not a daughter at all, could not perceive how he understood. unable to separate lanzadoii instinct for weakness from his paternal emotion, he stood confused and strangely worried in a way that scared him as the hooves of a caribou did not. you will come back to camp, he ordered with an abruptness borne of the same concern. iglux̂ is well. and she knows many things. i want you to see her. not as mother to daughter, but -- chieftain cleared his throat. storms will come. it will not be wise to travel fast. this place of pouring snow was warmer than the winds off the lake of ice. whatever was the matter, a longer stay might cure it. sun clan hunter shoved it from his mind. communication blurred. he watched her, then at last looked toward their herds. for the first time in recent memory, cen felt no pull to leave fa'liya's side and pursue them.]

something was wrong.
cen, who had not spent overmuch time with any child, and not a daughter at all, could not perceive how he understood. unable to separate lanzadoii instinct for weakness from his paternal emotion, he stood confused and strangely worried in a way that scared him as the hooves of a caribou did not. you will come back to camp, he ordered with an abruptness borne of the same concern. iglux̂ is well. and she knows many things. i want you to see her.
not as mother to daughter, but --
chieftain cleared his throat. storms will come. it will not be wise to travel fast.
this place of pouring snow was warmer than the winds off the lake of ice. whatever was the matter, a longer stay might cure it.
sun clan hunter shoved it from his mind.
communication blurred. he watched her, then at last looked toward their herds. for the first time in recent memory, cen felt no pull to leave fa'liya's side and pursue them.