Skater knew some of the Salish ways, though he didn’t practice them, and some of the lore. But Ghost-step’s teachings about self-discipline and control had helped him handle his problems then, and many since. There’d once been a hope that he might be a shaman because of some latent abilities, but that had died when no totem spirit had claimed him during his vision quest. He’d been twelve at the time, and the failure had distanced him further from his grandfather.