Ouroboros Spine alivâpuk ⩷

Sialuk did not understand why taataa would not have taken another. His death had made an impact on her life, she knew this much, but he felt so far away now. She wished that she could know him now, even though it had been many months since they had sung the death songs for him and brataa. Anaa elaborated on why one might take another wife, and Sialuk thought it practical. A husband and wife were meant to make children, if she could not, he would seek another to tend to that need.

Aiolos sent for a purpose yet-unknown, though Sialuk felt somewhere that she knew his purpose. A woman, no matter how wise, would need a man to bring sons to her, too. Perhaps Aiolos was that man, but Sialuk kept that to herself, not wishing to intrude on anaa's feelings about the matter. If she did not yet know, she soon would, the raindrop suspected.

Might a woman ever take more than one husband at once? she asked. It stood to reason that it may not always be the woman's fault for being unable to give her husband sons and daughters. He too had his role to play, and if he could not...