[chakliux ranged for building material as well as prey. there was much within the nestle to be gathered, but he missed the sea, the rivers, the scent of wandering. as he went, the seal hunter sang to himself, whooping here and there; he kicked stones and frisked as if this was the seaside and not a place heavy with dark dreams. shouting; earth cracking open. ah! or, as the sunshine people might have said, aya! through the trees he went, measuring the steps and knowing he would not exit back into the coldlands. he rested once but built no shelter, and fished from several streams as he went. chakliux did not think of the future. he had become a man who lived in each moment. but he recognized the shadow ahead of him, the tall profile, the scars, and his heart was stunned. raiyuk! bellowed the man, his own marked shoulders bursting though a copse to stand before his son, who had grown and matured and become -- look at you! ah! his shout of laughter roused the birds.]

chakliux ranged for building material as well as prey. there was much within the nestle to be gathered, but he missed the sea, the rivers, the scent of wandering. as he went, the seal hunter sang to himself, whooping here and there; he kicked stones and frisked as if this was the seaside and not a place heavy with dark dreams. shouting; earth cracking open. ah! or, as the sunshine people might have said, aya!
through the trees he went, measuring the steps and knowing he would not exit back into the coldlands. he rested once but built no shelter, and fished from several streams as he went. chakliux did not think of the future. he had become a man who lived in each moment.
but he recognized the shadow ahead of him, the tall profile, the scars, and his heart was stunned. raiyuk! bellowed the man, his own marked shoulders bursting though a copse to stand before his son, who had grown and matured and become -- look at you! ah!
his shout of laughter roused the birds.