Redtail Rise kouri

"i do not have a fat'er ei'ter. i have da njord. but i have mo'ters. erzulie an' rosalyn." and they had never commented upon the importance of a father. therefore despite the title she had for the redtail, mireille had no sense of father versus mother cultivated. the seawives were her mothers. njord was her seafaring parent.
fifteen sleeps.
she could not wait to return and tell sobo, at once — her spirit was excited. "i have so many brot'ers," she laughed softly. "but i only know sobo an' loko."
a sensation was filling her narrow chest. mireille had no word for it.