Nimbus Summit but i have felt the wind crawl where we're cursed

aware that issorartuyok would worry for her nonetheless, antha battled with guilt as she watched her mate's expression darken with concern. she decided then that she would tell him no more of her condition, unless it improved. tessa would keep her secret. issorartuyok already bore the weight of atautsikut on his shoulders. for his sake, antha would bear this burden alone.
what you do for me now is enough, she told him, her voice far lighter than her heart felt. but i will tell you if i need anything more.
tell me about our village. are our people well? our felt odd on her tongue, but she belonged to atautsikut now. and it belonged to her just as much. she had already met and bonded with many of the residents of the village, the children most of all. and now her own children would be born here. atautsikut had become home.