Stone Circle let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night

the chuff startles him; so wrapped up in swarming memories. for a moment, he is young and valette is coming up to him ready to tell him of the lore surrounding the stones. nanoq's jade gaze scours the land until it falls upon the woman: not valette, he recognizes with a painful gut punch but a stranger. the fact that their paths had briefly crossed goes unknown by him and within her he sees nothing familiar.

not wanting a stranger to see him in his most vulnerable, the pain and mourning of what had been lost to him in truth years ago ...he whisks away those thoughts for more private moments.

a quick glimpse is given to the ancestor stones before he turns his back to them; drawing some rooted spiritual strength from them.

hey, nanoq offers as a greeting; tempted for a wild moment to ask about his lost family before deciding what giving himself false hope was not kind.