Kildeer Rest only the beginning

Kigipigak spoke, saying that Lane would be his pick, but that it was not his duty to do so. Instead, he explained how the women chose their men. Was this not how it was done in Moonglow, too? Kukutux had made her decision with Aiolos, though Sialuk knew her relationship with her own taataa had been different. But in a way, they had chosen each other in the end, and this was how Sialuk and her brataa had come to be.

Sialuk soaked in his telling of the story, noting how his voice changed when he spoke of fighting for Lane. It was similar to the voice her mother sometimes made when speaking of Aiolos or—in times past—taataa. The raindrop had not known this voice for herself, though she had caught a glimmer of it when thinking of Foxfur.

A bold question tickled her throat.

If I were issumatar, would you fight for me?