Snowforest Taiga [feast] Act natural, whatever that means for you.

Kigipigak had thought the woman's camp would be a challenge for Nyra, and was correct in this. She was a warrior and was not meant for the careful work of hide-tanning. It sounded as though she struggled. She did not seem eager to explain the work at all, and focused on something else entirely.

That Kukutux had offered to do a ritual for her was odd, in that Kigipigak was not a spiritual creature himself, but not out of place. The moon-woman was wise and her ways were mysterious. It was sensible that the rest of Moonglow would learn of Nyra and judge her — it was how villages were made, how else could they trust one another?

Did she say what the ritual would entail? He wondered if it would be anything like the blood-letting of Tartok. Moonglow was far softer by comparison, which made that unlikely. It struck Kigipigak after, that if Nyra was accepted properly by the village, she might make a strong companion.

His last attempt to seek an aokatti had failed. Nyra could be a replacement — but time would tell. The future was uncertain.