One by one, they all went away.
First the departure of her lilac-eyed mother and her sister. Then her silver mother was taken by the sea, and her brave father had followed. The old man went off to die. Dutch and his family fled the grief of it all. All her brothers except one, gone. Now the remnants of Moontide went away, too, to become one with Moonglow.
Only the seal hunter girl remained in the quiet lodge by the sea. She was almost fully healed now, and so she dutifully took up the daily tasks alongside her daily hunting. @Chagak would be gone for another week, maybe — off to get something bigger than fish for the pair of them, he'd said.
In the mean time, it was just her. She sang merrily as she worked, to chase away the sadness and death that lived in the lodge. It was her home, and she would not be driven from it.
First the departure of her lilac-eyed mother and her sister. Then her silver mother was taken by the sea, and her brave father had followed. The old man went off to die. Dutch and his family fled the grief of it all. All her brothers except one, gone. Now the remnants of Moontide went away, too, to become one with Moonglow.
Only the seal hunter girl remained in the quiet lodge by the sea. She was almost fully healed now, and so she dutifully took up the daily tasks alongside her daily hunting. @Chagak would be gone for another week, maybe — off to get something bigger than fish for the pair of them, he'd said.
In the mean time, it was just her. She sang merrily as she worked, to chase away the sadness and death that lived in the lodge. It was her home, and she would not be driven from it.
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