Qeya River Pink nose, pearly toes

"it shows trust moonglow has in me, big responsibility. but shikoba is sure that amalia would make fine sivullik, if she chose to be." trust was something that was hard to come by nowadays, and shikoba would never be able to fully articulate ow thankful she is to have moon woman's trust to keep the village moving forward towards flourish. shikoba can only hope that no one comes to challenge her again, such as the tartok man who made her fearful of losing her title.

the girl's frown is caught by the woman, which she offers a small nudge of her nose against her shoulder in a comforting way. it was true, the traditions of kigipigak were often harder on others who were not affiliated with the culture. shikoba did not know much between the relationship between moon woman and her winterhawk, but she did know that tension was held when the tartok man had come for kigpigak. she wonders to herself if their culture truly is as rough as it comes off.

"if amalia becomes sivullik, then anaa may come as a gift. but kigipigak comes from a different land, it is hard to know his culture." she would hope these words would give amalia some form of comfort. "but being anaa is not everything, young amalia. amalia must be whole first, before giving parts of herself to her cubs." trying to be a mother to fulfill a primitive role is something that shikoba has lost sight of since she as young. being a mother was taxing and required a strong minded individual who can handle the trials with raising children. a mother who depends too much on her hearth is not respectable to the native.