Sunbeam Lair i am cold in your heart and you're branded into mine

There is little left to the kill by the time Asterr approaches. A heap of broken and frayed bones rest at his feet when he picks up his head upon hearing his name. Ukko stares at the woman for a long moment before he realizes she isn't going to say anything. She'd approached him for attention and gives him nothing to work with. The purpose for her coming to him without the children around isn't apparent but he looks to the bundle she'd been carrying prior to setting them down. They don't give him any clues, either, and he finds no words building in his throat to give her.

Mostly, they are civil. Or Ukko likes to think so. They speak little to one another and they've avoided the elephant in the room ever since but none of that makes it any easier. It likely explains the disconnect from duty he feels to the woman and her children but his promise to them still holds strong and prevents him from walking away like most things he's managed to accomplish.

"What?" he finally decides to ask. He slowly picks himself up despite the bite in his joints from the cold weather. While not terribly old, the changes in seasons have caused a slowness in him he doesn't want to admit.