Duskfire Glacier itkaktuk ⨢

The moonwoman spoke of the child she had spoken with. She explained that he carried the same hardness as his father. Issorartuyok wondered how much of his own father existed inside of him. He allowed this thought to fill his mind for only a short while before he was brought back to their conversation by Kukutux and her words.

The pale woman said that the boys would carry anger with them, that they could not heal unless they desired to heal. Issorartuyok could not help but wonder what that would look like. If the children of Wintersbane did not agree with the way their father’s village had been left, their inner rage could carry them to do dishonorable things. Issorartuyok could not help but speculate in his mind. He did not know the boys as well as he did Veteran. They were capable of anything, to him.

And what if healing is not what they wish for? he asked her in a grave voice.