Moonspear If you want to, I can be just like you

chakliux was not ready.
as nasamik's sides grew, the seal hunter became silent. as her sleeping body was rounded and warm against his own, he felt the kick of the children within and felt himself distant.
to be a father was a great thing. it was a blessing.
to be husband too was something to be celebrated.
but chakliux had wanted another year to be neither.
he hunted near daily. nasamik did not want for meat or pelts. but his words were few as the man was inside his head very often. his wife's need for him frustrated the man.
he watched her sleep, watched the gravid curve of her body rise and fall in slumber. soon his children would come. their children. soon this lodge would be filled with their voices.