Nimbus Summit captive on the carousel of time

pping Siku in this :)

Imaq found herself on the fringes, her son close by her side -- and @Rye presumably to join them there. It was fitting, given how little she had been involved in things. Even so, it sent a cold sting resounding through her heart and the she-dog resolved then and there to make this tribe her own -- even if it was no longer the same as when she first joined with Wintersbane so long ago. Life had gotten in the way but she was proud to call herself a wolf of Atautsikut. Surely, a woman of the north could find a place amongst this village when it was so close to the one she'd been born in. 

Her seaglass gaze flickered down to Sikuliak with a reassuring smile, though she felt guilt in her heart. He'd found himself on the outskirts similarly. Because of her. 

"It does not matter," she murmured to her son in soft wisps, the words meant for his dappled ears alone. "You will be amongst them soon enough. Some springs take longer for the ice to thaw, just as not every gull chick takes wing as soon as the others." The wolfdog pup too would find his place, even if what he had suffered meant he did not progress as quickly as the other children.