Duskfire Glacier itkaktuk ⨢

issoratuyok remained hesitant.

kukutux said nothing for the present. she turned her greenstone eyes out over the herds of caribou. closer to the ulax, the snow was packed into red trails that spread like fading veins into the taiga. she watched ravens wheel down upon the good fat peeled from the back of hides. a gift for sedna's watchers.

"when a woman chooses a man, she is determined. no matter how young. ask yourself if you want her as wife. go out into the snow, away from her. and think in your head and in your spirit. perhaps it is you who does not find a suitable woman in her. perhaps you are the one who has much to give, but she is not ready."

she tsked her tongue, gave the man a sidelong look of affection. "i think there is time yet to understand meerkat. and for her to understand you. but you must wish to do this. and if you do not, then it will be so."

moonwoman's tail swayed once behind her.