Moonspear alianiilik ≡

Her mother's voice was a greater gift than all the quanglaagix bones in the world. She stood there, pressed against the woman who had carried her into this world, Sialuk felt that the brief absence was one of the true moments of confusion and grief she had felt in her short life. It was a credit to her father that she had not been more worried, or that she had never faltered in believing Kukutux would return, unharmed, to Moonspear. He had kept his cool around both of his brood, and it was a testament to his capabilities as a parent and guardian.

Saviguk was surely not far off, the raindrop imagined. His absence, however brief, was noted, but not in any way to admonish him for failing to be there as quickly as Sialuk and Jarilo had come. His sister believed him to be simply unaware of anaa's return. Normally overflowing with questions, the raindrop found them absent from her throat now, content to press herself closer and bask in the presence of her matron.