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moonwoman laughed but her voice did not tease kivaluk. "your wife will decide this. you must think on what kind of man you wish to be."

stratos surely hunted on his journey. mojag had come home. there were enough here for a hunting party. moonglow was a place of such things 

"you have seen the things that rodyn brought to the ulaq of sun man and myself? that is a bride price. that is the first expectation. the second is that you never strike your wife in anger. many men feel this is their right. but it is not the way of this village."

raised by sakhmet and kigipigak, kivaluk was unlikely to do these things she felt. still he asked after what a husband must be, and so she would tell him. "it is good to marry a girl that you have already known. but if you have only sisters, then visit the next village. learn their ways. learn their names. be respectful. in this way, when you return and ask for a wife from among them, they will already know you as kin."