Moonspear lie to me

"for now. it is good that you know more than one boy, so that you can choose what you like in one or not in another." they were playmates first, young ones learning to work in units. after that was for the spirits to decide. it was the task of kukutux to bring her raindrop to such a place eventually. 

"moonspear has many boys, but so many of them are cousins." the woman grinned, shifting her position somewhat. "it is better to choose outside your own clan." in her home, such pairings brought new words to the hearth, new ways of preparing the dried meats, new plants to be exchanged and identified. newness was sea-melt and the pink light of dawn. she breathed.