first hydra's heat had come, and then a tension within moonspear. the last was a dire call that confined kukutux happily to the mountain. but eventually she would need to depart again; the duck hoped revui would be nearby at that time.

tooteega had kept her promise, but today the goddess lifted the veil from her mind, and kuktutux remembered the moment with agana to a sickening spear of grief in her spirit. she rose at once, pulling the length of soft leather from her cache, and moved off across the forest. she had put it upon her shoulders for now, but forgot about its gentle weight as she traveled, perturbed.