Moonsong Glacier aatkatik [m]

kukutux saw the look, the flicker of eye to eye.

and mother's heart knew what moonwoman's spirit did not wish to accept.

in rejection, in denial, she stayed for some time longer, laughing with ariadne over other things.

"do not forget to visit home," she murmured, kissing the beloved face a last time before she slipped from the ulaq and turned her path for the spine.

kilgitsuk was given a single slant of ear before moonwoman was gone.