Duskfire Glacier Lay your weary head to rest.

making some tiny assumptions, can change!

he lingers by the glacier, willing to stay at mirabelle's request -- he recalls his brief encounter with the strange northern woman and wonders if she is one of the northerners the odd kulning woman spoke of. when he responds to the summons for mirabelle and the other glacier-keeper it is both to properly meet those making their claim and to see what on earth mirabelle is doing, her odd activities being of intense interest to samothes (although he has not directly bothered her about them so much as observed as much as possible at a distance, like she is his personal daytime television program.)

cautiously he approaches the gathering, scanning the group -- ah! takiyok is among them, something immediately soothing to him. he chuffs to mirabelle in greeting and surveys the motley crew (and their hoard of children -- oh, brother), head lowered respectfully. "apologies for the intrusion," the messeda says smoothly, "but mirabelle here has spoken to me about your forming claim, and i was hoping to offer myself to your purpose." just please don't make me babysit, he adds mentally.