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She sounded eager, and impatient. Kigipigak was neither of those things. He didn't know if fatherhood was right for him at this point. He had never been drawn to any woman for any reason; no attraction had ever presented itself. He didn't know if that was required before courting a woman or if things should be fast, impersonal, and transactional. Would his children be strong? Did he need them to be? And if he fathered children, would that make him man enough to be a leader?

Thoughts of Mahler came next. His role in all of this. Was it to create turmoil or to keep them all distracted? Kigipigak had too many questions to have an answer. He shook his head to Sequoia. I need more time. And then he turned away, choosing to take that time to himself to think things over again without the pressure of her company.