Ocean's Breath Plateau komatiq ∇

many words for snow.. huojin hadn't yet seen it, neither in the wilds nor beyond, but he thought that it must have been worth waiting for to have earned so many names. we say 雪. i think that is it. he offered a half-smile and settled into a seat.

you know fire? huojin asked, visibly interested, how? he wondered if he might have also seen fire, had he lingered around the wilderness for a while longer. for fire, say 火, like my dad calls me. — an invitation for sialuk to do the same — you have another name?