Bramblepoint qakuqtaq ◯

sister. kukutux flushed with surprise but did as she was invited, stepping forward to slip beneath the bush alongside the woman. closer, the stranger's small stature and the silkfluff look of her fur suggested her age was younger than what kukutux had realized.

and yet the eyes told a new story altogether; a tale spun by the inner amberbrown bark of a tree where bees kept their honey-stores. kukutux wondered what sort of stories this woman might have to trade. "i am kukutux, of moonspear village."