Blacktail Deer Plateau sikinaagiksuk

A rueful chuckle escaped her at his question. I've never not been sad, Maegi answered, shrugging. But I'm with my family, in a beautiful place—so it really could be worse. 

Dropping the subject of herself, which she hated to linger upon, she focused on him. Her lips rounded in a small 'o' as he spoke, head canting slightly to regard him with a dawning sense of wonder upon her face.

You're Kigipigak, right? she asked, a smile oozing over her mouth. I thought I remembered that name. You were brought here by Sakhmet. . .my daughter.

Did he know? He couldn't know. Each were as surprised as the other that they had both landed on the plateau, or so it seemed.

How did you and Sakhmet find each other? she asked.