Duskfire Glacier mamatsak ∓

teo said go ahead <3

kukutux returned lane's bright embrace, heartened by her greeting. "yes," she murmured with an eager and girlish flush to her pale cheeks. "this is lane. she is a healer with much wisdom in her mind." smiling again at the other woman, kukutux looked now at the boy. 

he was kinnivik. in this, she saw how he bore wintersbane's spirit.

but he carries his mother's totem.

"veteran. it is good to see your face." the boy wore a fierce, jagged scar. it stood starkly against the still-soft features of his young countenance. she hoped he would see the scars upon her own and the hunting-mark upon her right shoulder, and know that this was a sign of power. "our village has children with your moons. perhaps you will share words."

kukutux gave the young hunter a respectful nod before she turned her attention to lane. "we have brought all of moonglow, to go to winter hunting in the valleys." the duck looked at aiolos for a moment. "i have the want that we build ulax of snow and hunt many caribou while we stay. we ask that duskfire village celebrate with us; we will share hunting and meat and skins."

but her tone was deferential. kukutux bartered now. lane held a position of importance here that only grew greater as the stone man did not arrive. she wondered, but did not ask. the healing-woman would formalize it in words. 

if she demurred, then the duck would know that the man still held his rank. but if she did not —

moonwoman hoped it to be so.