she had stayed behind at the glacier (although to tell the truth, had more or less called sunset valley her home).  occasionally she would patrol, or hunt, and she'd found a rather large cavern that would do well to act as a cache.  when wanderlust gripped her bones, she would travel away, but she had not yet gone back to see etoille.

she would wait until they were founded, to come up with.. an explanation.  for she feared she would not fit at his drageda, but she had been quick to agree to stay with the northern siblings (because they were so near to him).  decisions, decisions.

thoughts that were interrupted as she came across a stranger on her patrol.  greetings, she offers, what brings you here?

not yet, she offers with a shrug.  perhaps she should be more aggressive of the northerner's claim, but until it is more than just herself and one other occupying the wide expanse of the glacier, she sees no point in being territorial.  if it's a distraction you're after, this place is full of them.  

the glacier itself offers a variety of its own.  we have peaks and icy caverns and forests.  i keep chickens there, in the forest.  at night you can see the aurora light up the sky.  that is to name a few.

he was uninterested until she mentioned the chickens, in which he seems to develop some kind of childlike wonder about him.  i keep them in the forest.  they would not do good on the glacier.  i sing to them, like so.

she offers him a sample of her herding call before she continues to explain.  they know i will not hurt them.  so they build their nests, and i take their eggs.

because then you run out of eggs.  it seems obvious, at least to her.  i raise them for their eggs.  they are rich and fat.  we have children here — or at least we will — and they are filling and easy for young ones to eat.  when they get old, or sick, i will cull them.

of course, he supplies naturally, as if what she was doing was any sense of the word normal.  but it made sense — at least to her — and that was good enough, wasn't it?  there are more coming.  a family.  they come from the south, and they have children in tow.  i do not know how long they will be.  but i am waiting here until they arrive.

as long as you do not drain our resources without contributing in turn, i see no reason they would have to turn you away.  she did not yet know exactly how many were coming back with them yet, though; for the moment she assumed it was just takiyok and her family.

i can take you to the chickens, if you would like, as long as you promise to be nice to them.