Stone Circle Well now I know that I'm the fuel and she's the spark.

She closed her eyes, and let his words sweep over her, in the fullness of his gentleness, his warmth. They had both come so far... and who but he could have convinced her, that feeling such emotion could be so beautiful? That such emotion could be so sweet and so lovely, to get so lost in?

Nanook met his revelation with a short stretch of silence. The statement, unexpected. She remembered how they had left the Wilds back in the Spring, how displeased his sister had been. Nanook peeked through a slitted eye and appraised her lover again. "Well, you're still in one piece, so that's a good sign," she finally said. Nanook cared for Takiyok, and as cold as the Northerner had been to her, she was still her sister in a way. "How is she?"