Firefly Glen ivalu ✦

so much to take in at one saying. kukutux had been a fixture in moonspear for some time now, but realized only now that she had just begun to settle. with the brotherly upheaveals, hydra's pregnancy, the she-wolves in heat that had trailed too close, and the edict that there were aglux killing in the lower lands, it was a wonder peace had finally come.

dirge was mentioned more for his children, and kukutux realized belatedly that he meant her own could offer companionship after they had grown somewhat. it was a taboo, but so many had been broken. yet this swayed her more, for it was unlucky to speak of a child's future until they had reached nine moons. and for she a new mother, to think of the breaths her children had not yet taken — kukutux swallowed. why must things always be so difficult in the translations? dirge meant no harm.

but it was all she had known. "jarilo is happy, and i am grateful for having the way to prove myself," she finished awkwardly, hoping it would satisfy her leader. but she had done nothing yet, only carried them. "osiris told me he had excitement for his new sisters and brothers."