Ouroboros Spine alivâpuk ⩷

kukutux smiled. "he would not have taken another wife, let alone two." the blackfox had known her customs and learned her words, but she did not think he had such a willingness to go so far. "the reason that a man has more than one wife is because his first wife cannot bring sons to his hearth, or is of an age where her body grows stiff and she moves more slowly."

it was a cruel fate for a first wife. she would retain leadership of their woman's circle, directing the tasks of an ulaq and being granted a favored new name. till the end of her days her husband would bring meat to her, and would find marriages for the daughters born to them.

but gone was her place in his sleeping-place, too swiftly, and too often; gone was her time to rear and to give milk to children. 

aiolos.

"he is a good man. i think that the mothers have sent him here, for a purpose. but i do not yet know this thing."