Ouroboros Spine kamma ⨰

kingullimik.

kivaluk answers the summons, appearing to kukutux where she waits for him. the title brings with it a soft swell of pride and a soft pang of yearning. it reminds him of the title he might've wore would natigivik hadn't dispersed. if their numbers hadn't been too small and survival had been a question. he understands, now, with young ( though not full ) adulthood but months away.

his gaze upon her is questioning; though question morphs to surprise and then moulds itself into contemplation at the subject.

marriage. to be husband.

he thinks briefly of rodyn and the secondhand embarrasment he'd felt at the lavish proposal and wonders if such a thing might be expected of him in the future.

and while youth still clings to him; stubbornly, he knows his answer. he is the dutiful son: there was no real question. i haven't, he admits honestly. but i am willing to marry.