Stone Circle clach-thalmhainn

Oh! she perked at his mention of Swiftcurrent Creek, I have been there!

She felt a sense of commonality in his narrative. Both of a life she had and one she wondered if she might have had, if the cougar had not come and ended her family’s idyllic hopes.

Akavir had paused when he finished his tale, Taktuq paused before she began.

I too was born in these Wilds, she offered, here, actually, though we were called Easthollow then. She felt strange to be sharing these things with Akavir, though she reasoned he was like any other stranger she had shared these memories of her life with before. My father was not born here, but my mother was. She is buried beneath the stones at the heart of our land. I have only just returned, her face felt warm when she spoke of these things, and she quickly added, They sound a lovely family though — you and your own, I mean. I would one day like to be remembered for keeping quiet care of my family and kin.