Cerulean Cape kajuq ⌿

she had come back; she had not gone far.

beneath a wheeling flock of skuabirds the duck stood. she called for @Aiolos, and though she wished for the sake of the redsun to be filled with delight, with joy; though she longed to say i have brought you a bride, there was only sorrow.

but the dark woman of the island came to her mind, and she wondered why he had not chosen her.

no mind of that now; kukutux waited beneath the fading light and the muting echo of her call to the saltchieftain.