Bearclaw Valley reliance

Sif readily welcomed Poet's touch. Even if she was not much older than Sif, the dark girl still felt that Poet was infinitely wiser. They had started out as sister-wives, but Sif knew she would love Poet even without their connection with Wardruna.

"Eirlys said marry wolves haave baby," said Sif (somewhat sulkily), too riled by such thoughts to bother with properly thinking through her word choices. "Why do we marry?" she asked Poet, realizing that Eirlys might not have had the proper picture of marriage, if she didn't have someone like Poet around to explain it to her.

At Poet's question, she merely shook her head. Somehow, she couldn't see herself asking Wardruna about these things.