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Jondalar and Ayla's departure from the Mamutoi and the sad look in Ranec's eyes when Ayla breaks her promise and leaves him is heartbreaking.

Apparently this book really got into me if I'm crying at Rydag's death and preparation of burial. Rydag signing through his last breaths that he's not an animal and asks to be buried was heartbreaking. Him wishing to be buried the Mamutoi way even though they never named him and thus doesn't deserve to be buried. So Ayla is preparing to bury him the Clan way and it's such an emotional moment.

This character development is not great but man that world building is something else

I already love the summer meeting and the sun hasn't even set on the first day! The scene where Rydag, Ayla and Frebec team up to scare the man who skeptic about Wolf utilizing the clan's sign language was brilliant! Deegie acknowledging Frebec's natural tendency to argue and how it has subsided highlights how round this character is. He bettering himself is applaudable.