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Sialuk likely knew all about the illness sweeping through the herds, as well as the tragedy that had struck the glacier's leadership. But that wasn't what she was asking about. Meerkat took the keywords "for you" to heart and decided to unburden herself to another young woman who might understand her plights.

"I liked this guy a lot," she began, "and I didn't think he liked me back. But he said he could like me back, if he let himself." Even as she said the words, Meerkat felt a ripple of distaste, some embarrassment too. "We had another discussion the other day and he started talking about having children with me. It was exciting at first, until I realized he skipped right over the whole courting and romance part entirely."

She paused there to breathe for a moment, eyes searching Sialuk's face, seeking a kindred spirit or validation of some kind. "I want to fall in love and get married, then have kids, you know? But," Meerkat continued, eyes falling away with a bitter sigh, "none of that seemed to compute with him."