Moonspear eldermother

Sialuk listened. She did not know if he told truths. But how could she know? Only the bones would be able to tell her, and that would need to wait. Their answers were not always clear, just as Chakliux's words were not. She knew him to be clever with words.

You will claim them as your own, yes? she asked. Nasamik had called him husband, and Chakliux had called her wife, but that did not mean he would take the children as his own. Sialuk needed to know these uncomfortable things so that they might move on.