Hoshor Plains mothersea

yes; chakliux saw; yes, he knew, for the silvering was sialuk and the bearing as well. he did not allow his heart to shine through his eyes. the starwoman had taken more than one lover; chakliux could not be sure.
and what was more, even if surety had been his, no child of the mountain could belong to him.
"yes," he answered, unable to fight the curling smile as he took up the dialect of the sunshine people. "i am chakliux, a seal hunter. and i know your anaa."