Broken Boulder i hope you devour

They were far more similar than Kigipigak had initially realized. She voiced concerns that he held himself; being told to take a wife, or a husband, to put down roots — he still wasn't sure if that was what he wanted. It was what his mother would require of him by now, what his people would expect. As always, Kigipigak did as he was told.

I am not sure where I stand on the subject, Kigipigak admitted. I am a man, not a boy. I do not know when that change happened, but it did. I know that much. And men, they serve a purpose. Mine was once to follow my mother; then I thought it was to find my own way, and I ended up with brothers that left me behind.

He did not pine for the past, that was not what he was doing now. More, thinking aloud. Kigipigak did not know if this was the place he was meant to be — it was different from where he had come from, in some aspects considerably so. And now I am here. I suppose there are worse places to be, and worse company.

His gaze flicked across Praimfaya with some mirth at that.