Firefly Glen egangak ⋼

Lote moved ahead, Kigipigak could hear her well enough and was unconcerned.

Then Kukutux was there, lingering, speaking in their shared tongue which Lote could not hear or understand - it felt somehow juvenile, not that Kigipigak minded. He used to gossip in such a way with his sisters before they were banished.

In time she might be. He answered. Kigipigak did not know if that was right; he could sympathise to some degree with Lote's situation as he had lost someone close to him, but it was different too, he had not known Sakhmet intimately in the way Lote had. He did not share a family the way Lote did.

He looked to where Kukutux was digging but did not bow to help, instead keeping upright, watching the shadows.

She has the village to support her.