Moonspear eldermother

sialuk came, and chakliux had begun to slip into his usual winning smile when the starwoman gave her question. the seal hunter stared out at the unexplored moonspear and drew a low breath. "i lay with nasamik before i asked."
though he had not known that way, he was angered by it.
"her time, it did not come in the usual way. i did not know she was with child until —"
a rough exhale. a roll of his shoulders.