Qeya River KIVGURUK

her breath was a gentle intake.

she had not expected this.

she saw how kivaluk was pained, and her mother's heart went to him. "yes," she said, her heart aching with the pain of the journey that sakhmet had been meant to take.

moonwoman thought of kausiut.

"come home with us," she said. for it had been his home also. "we will live as one."

and it would be so.

she knew it was a hardship to ask. she honored kigipigak for it by veiling her gaze and offering a woman's demureness.