Moonspear where'd you go

Sialuk did not know all of her aunts and uncles equally. She knew Hydra fairly well, Lyra and Alya to some degree, but Yama, Nikai, and Dirge were still mostly shadows in her childhood. As she aged, she found that she wanted to seek them out, to see what it was that made them tick. Not only that, but it seemed like good a social practice to be well-acquainted with her family, even those who tended to linger near the back of the hubbub.

When she happened to run into Nikai, she had a mouth full of charcoal she was transporting back to the ulaq for her mother's medicinal purposes. She had been told it could cure poison, so when she came across the tree struck by lightening, it seemed like a good thing to add to their stores. With cheeks and teeth full of black soot, she pranced up to her uncle, wagging her tail. She dropped the contents of her jaws onto the ground, although her tongue, teeth, and gums were still covered in the black substance, making her into quite a sight (although she could not see this).

She knew better than to mention her uncle's leg (or rather, lack thereof), but she couldn't help but glance at it momentarily. Hello, uncle. Do you want to help me gather more charcoal for anaa? Because surely he wasn't busy, right?