Stone Circle I banish you with love.

gunnar did his best to teach her, but for the most part, bjarna still lapsed into the old tongue.

she spoke infrequently, most often around her brother and father bear. both who indulged her in her native tongue! why would she cling to the new one? the one that would place her further away from the memory of mother bear?

her gaze followed the woman's gesturing, the way she guided to the stones in the distance.

bjarna could not stop the proud look or sway of her limp tail.

kvarsheim. she did a small circle in place, before she stopped to face the woman again. heim. she said softly, slowly.

still she wondered what had brought the woman!

trade? hunt?

had she come for those things, maybe?