A Promise is Promise"A Promise Is a Promise" is about the Qallupilluq (plural, Qallupilluit), an imaginary creature like a troll, that lives in the Hudsons Bay or resides in icebergs. The Qallupilluit wear womens parkas of loon feathers, are grotesque looking, and grab children who come too near the shore or stand too close to cracks in sea ice. The main character in the story is Allashua, a young Inuk girl.